In losing a friend, she is reminded of all she has lost and all she stands to lose again. There is nothing… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“was in this way that the mother discovered that she still had the will to live, even now, and she was usually… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
My grandmother was overwhelmed by what was happening to us. She ahd moved back into the past because the here and the… — Alice Hoffman Grandmother Copy Share Image
“You wanted a blue rose," Brock said. "Didn't you? Wasn't that the whole point?" "Doesn't everyone want what they cannot have?"(Elinor) "Here's… — Alice Hoffman Adventure Copy Share Image
“There is no fiercer enemy than a word. A word that can be written down in pages and punctuated by quotation marks… — Alice Hoffman Poetry Copy Share Image
“The craft was dangerous and unpredictable, and witches were difficult to control, for they had minds of their own and didn’t hold… — Alice Hoffman Witch Copy Share Image
“In Massachusetts everything had a faint green aroma, a combination of cucumber, wisteria, dogwood, and peppermint.” — Alice Hoffman Nature Copy Share Image
“Certainly, as a reader, I had always discovered the deepest truths in fiction; it was through reading novels that I learned about… — Alice Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
“I knelt by the fire to make certain there were no burning embers left. That was when I spied the tracks of… — Alice Hoffman Lion Copy Share Image
Jill and I have known each other our whole lives. One house separates our houses but we act as if it doesn't… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I could hardly get a boy to look at me. All right, they'd look, they'd even take me out, but no one… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“It was a warm and breezy day, too warm for Sally's heavy clothes, so she draped her coat over her arm. The… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“In the dining hall of the home, Stella had seen so much death, that one Saturday morning she’d been compelled to sink… — Alice Hoffman Death Copy Share Image
“Like the rabbi with the red circle, she should have said "no" to everything. She should have become a raven. She didn't… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Dale was a good woman, Hollis will grant her that. A busybody and a pain in the neck, but she never… — Alice Hoffman Good woman 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 Love 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 Life Copy Share Image
The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He’s so kindhearted no dog has ever barked at him. No child has ever cried in front of him. No bee has… — Alice Hoffman Animal Copy Share Image
...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go." From… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“ON JUNE 28, 1969, THE WEATHER WAS HOT, EIGHTY-SEVEN DEGREES, UNUSUAL FOR THE TIME OF YEAR. NEW YORK CITY GREW STEAMY, AS… — Alice Hoffman New york city Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running… — Alice Hoffman Direction Copy Share Image
Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by… — Alice Hoffman Culture Copy Share Image
That's why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Love like this was all consuming. I found that I was jealous of the strangest things - sunlight, streets, curtains, even her… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I cast myself at him, like a fool, but he didn't see me. And then one day he noticed I was beautiful… — Alice Hoffman Fool Copy Share Image
“But maybe a broken heart seemed a simple price to pay, the way that all costs that must be settled in the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often… — Alice Hoffman Adults Copy Share Image
“Demons were said to be cruel, but a demon would never have been so brutal as this. A demon merely called you… — Alice Hoffman Demons Copy Share Image
“Nothing could do that to them, that's what they used to whisper as they sat on the back stairs, in the dark… — Alice Hoffman Desire 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 Love Copy Share Image
“I want the difficult stories, the ones that aren’t easy to believe, the twisted ones, the sorrowful ones, the ones that need… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
What I like about fairy tales is the language and the matter-of-fact way of introducing magic, where it's accepted that a fox… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He was so pale the freckles stood out on his face the way they did when he was upset or hadn't slept.… — Alice Hoffman Freckles 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 Bird Copy Share Image
When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the… — Alice Hoffman Character Copy Share Image
Holding a tear back makes them drain upward, higher and higher, until one day your head just explodes and you're left with… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
You can never tell about a person by guessing...that's why language was invented. Otherwise, we'd all be like dogs, sniffing each other… — Alice Hoffman Dog Copy Share Image
