“He must be an idiot to feel this way, but there's nothing he can do. He doesn't even know if he can… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“But children can tell when love has been lost, they know when silence means peace and when it's a sign of despair.” — Alice Hoffman Children Copy Share Image
“The river runs every shade of blue that has ever been known to humankind: ink and turquoise and lapis, indigo, teal, cerulean,… — Alice Hoffman Blue Copy Share Image
“Love is ancient and mysterious and you can't mess with it. If you do it just backfires and you meet with disaster.” — alice hoffman Ancient Copy Share Image
“Franny entwined her legs with his. She understood why ancient monsters were often made of two creatures, with two hearts and minds.… — Alice Hoffman Psychology Copy Share Image
“They believe that every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.” — Alice Hoffman Problem Copy Share Image
That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“...there was a storm of enormous proportions, with winds so strong that dozens of fish were drawn up from the reedy shallows,… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He's nothing fierce or terrible or filled with light. He's like us, sometimes we can't even tell him apart. Sometimes we're the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The wickedness of the world was a part of creation, I knew this, and the Angel of Death had been created on… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Her gift with wild birds allowed her to bring them to her merely by lifting her hand. From a distance, when she… — Alice Hoffman Birds Copy Share Image
“As Gary understands it, the greatest portion of grief is the one you dish out for yourself, and he and Sally have… — Alice Hoffman Grief Copy Share Image
“Children would beg for a peppermint drop each time he walked into town, and they'd follow behind, asking for a second and… — Alice Hoffman Children Copy Share Image
Jill told me that when you're really in love, you know right away. I'm not exactly sure how this happens. Is it… — Alice Hoffman Angel 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 Anger Copy Share Image
“...the summer of the gypsy moths when all the trees in their yard were bare, the leaves chewed by caterpillars. You could… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages,… — Alice Hoffman Cancer Copy Share Image
They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Do you ever get the feeling that your life isn’t really your own, and you’ve just sort of let things happen to… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Nathaniel Hawthorne had placed the w in his name to distance himself from his cruel ancestor, his writing driven by his desire… — 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 Abracadabra Copy Share Image
What was a rose but the living proof of desire, the single best evidence of human longing and earthly devotion. but desire… — Alice Hoffman Desire Copy Share Image
“Lydia went over and handed him a paper napkin. Conner stared at the napkin as if it were something delivered directly from… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the… — Alice Hoffman Childhood Copy Share Image
She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in disappointments reversed and luck that lasted. — Alice Hoffman Disappointment Copy Share Image
After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right… — Alice Hoffman Character Copy Share Image
“I just do the best I can to face what life brings. That’s the secret, you know. That’s the way you change… — Alice Hoffman Fate Copy Share Image
“I’m fated to lose everyone I ever love,” April said. “I already know that.” “Of course you are,” Jet responded in her… — Alice Hoffman April Copy Share Image
“My mother was teaching me that the inside of something was not necessarily its outside. Always look carefully, she told me. Look… — Alice Hoffman Eyes Copy Share Image
The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across… — Alice Hoffman Astronomy Copy Share Image
“All of the quarters in his hand were tarnished. He had no idea that the silver in a man’s pockets always turns… — Alice Hoffman Silver Copy Share Image
“I started to feel as though I were disappearing. Perhaps I myself was figment of my own imagination, a storm cloud, a… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“When darkness fell, he told me to close my eyes and dream, for in my dreams I would find another world, and… — Alice Hoffman Another world Copy Share Image
“This is what happens when you repudiate who you are. Once you do that, life works against you, and your fate is… — Alice Hoffman Fate Copy Share Image
“What was a siren but a call to your neighbors, a cry that would let them know that grief of one sort… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes… — Alice Hoffman Children Copy Share Image
Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink… — Alice Hoffman Dutch Copy Share Image
