“What was a demon but a lost soul, one that had been forced to use his skills to survive.” — Alice Hoffman Demon Copy Share Image
Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“If there be a cure, seek till you find it. If there be none, never mind it.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“For what you can fix, there are a hundred remedies. For what cannot be cured, not even words will do.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“No one called out my name. Finally, I went to open the door. I could smell burning metal.” — Alice Hoffman Open Door Copy Share Image
It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“It was the time when the field mice ventured out, after the hawks had settled in the trees but before the owls… — 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
Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending… — Alice Hoffman Children Copy Share Image
“Because love is an act of will. You think it will just happen, but you have to make it so. Even when… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She thinks of the way angels arrive, when you lease expect them, when the road is dark, when you're bleeding and alone… — Alice Hoffman Angel Copy Share Image
Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She kept a stack of books near the tub so she could read in the bath, even though the edges of the… — Alice Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me.… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“A visitor to campus can find sweet, aromatic Properity, as well as Climbing Ophelia and those delicious Egyptian Roses, which give off… — Alice Hoffman Flowers Copy Share Image
The nature of love had totally escaped her until now. She had thought that if you lost it, you could never get… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
The grass he walked through was new and a sweet smell clung to his clothes. There was blue dye on his hands… — Alice Hoffman Blue Copy Share Image
“She truly believed that she carried her own fate in the palm of her hand, as if destiny was nothing more than… — Alice Hoffman Destiny Copy Share Image
“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,… — Alice Hoffman Alone in the dark Copy Share Image
“He knew exactly how to hit a woman, so that the marks hardly showed. He knew how to kiss her, too, so… — Alice Hoffman Abused women Copy Share Image
“...if anyone bothered to search through the laurel bordering the asphalt he'd surely find handfuls of teeth that were said to give… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Fourth time's the charm," she says to people who ask her what the secret of a happy marriage is, but that's not… — Alice Hoffman Happy marriage 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
“When people related by blood were so careful with each other, when they were so very polite, there was soon nothing left… — Alice Hoffman Family relationships Copy Share Image
“The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.… — Alice Hoffman Bad luck Copy Share Image
How could I tell the doctor what was wrong with me? I didn't understand it myself. I couldn't articulate the pain; it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“At night I told myself a story, wordless, inside my head, one I liked far better than those in my books. The… — Alice Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
“As they were falling asleep, Gillian could have sworn she heard Ben say Fate--as if they were meant to be together from… — Alice Hoffman Falling asleep Copy Share Image
They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed… — Alice Hoffman Dog Copy Share Image
If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we… — Alice Hoffman Beloved Copy Share Image
I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves… — Alice Hoffman Book Copy Share Image
“Dreams came to men for many reasons, both as oracles and as warnings.” — Alice Hoffman Dream Copy Share Image
