She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She judged people smartly and quickly, and often found herself in a huff.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
He fell in love with the way she closed her eyes, long before he fell in love with her. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She wishes nightmares were all that kept her awake. She cannot tell which disturbs here more, the future or the past.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Truth felt light and green, but a lie sunk to the floor, heavy as metal, a substance she always avoided for it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn't going anywhere, it wasn't going… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“From the very start, Sally has been lying to herself, telling herself she can handle anything, and she doesn’t want to lie… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“To friendship,” she agreed, although for the longest time they didn’t let go of each other and she knew exactly what he… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“April certainly wasn’t the first person to have fallen for Vincent, or the first to be wounded by his indifference. She’d been… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
She was disappearing a little more each day, so thin, so frail, a wisp of smoke. One day she would surely vanish… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
The frightened walk away when love is difficult. I know that now. You have to be willing to give everything away. You… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“...even though she felt a wave of dread. If they knew she was nervous, she'd be at their mercy. But if they… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Everything we knew condemned us, and our questioning condemned us most of all. Knowledge was the way of our people, and knowledge… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Before she realized he was next to her, he had placed his hands over hers on the countertop, then hooped his fingers… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“... hoping that if she just walked down the same street fate would whirl her backward in time until she was once… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment.… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I thought that love was a river, endless and deep. I thought it merely happened, washing over you like water. It was… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Young Sally Owens: He will hear my call a mile away. He will whistle my favorite song. He can ride a pony… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Love was like rain: it turned into ice, or it disappeared. Now you saw it, now you couldn't find it no matter… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes they'd be there for over an hour, the woman pointing out the catalpa trees, the sparrows, the streetlights,the porch, the little… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“All of the quarters in his hand were tarnished. He had no idea that the silver in a man’s pockets always turns black if… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“Never look back, that's what she's told herself. Don't think about swans or being alone in the dark. Don't think of storms, or lightning… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“Her vision was going, but she could see him, the way people see clouds-beautiful, racing by, casting shadows.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
That's why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“...the summer of the gypsy moths when all the trees in their yard were bare, the leaves chewed by caterpillars. You could hear crunching… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“Haylin was given a good talking-to by the headmaster and made to write a paper about workers’ rights, which he considered a privilege rather… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage."… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
