“Only now did I realize what the hermit was telling me, that love was never a regret.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“(Love) walks up to you,and when it does, you need to recognize it for what it is and, perhaps more important, for… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Butter melting on a dish meant someone nearby was in love, and a bird in the house take your bad luck out… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“But can you measure someone's love? I want to know. You think you can measure love? She's kind not to laugh at… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.' ...'Now we both have people we love who are like… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“when you truly love someone and they love you in return, you ruin your lives together. That is not a curse, it’s… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I knew that my brother would still be a part of this world no matter what happened next. I felt my love… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He has stumbled into love, and now he's stuck there. He's fairly used to not getting what he wants, and he's dealt… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Love like this wasn't what he'd planned or wanted or expected, surely it was indeed a trap, for even when you tried… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Rules of Magic: Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Helplessness and anger make for predictable behavior: Children are certain to shove each other and pull hair, teenagers will call each other… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“You ever put your arms out and spin really, really fast ? Well, that's what loves like. It makes your heart race.… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in… — 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
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
