“I don't give a chicken's sorry ass who taught you. I just want to play.” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Books became my life, or maybe I should say books became the way I escaped from my life.” — Beth Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
“...I wondered if I'd ever be so lucky to have a girlfriend I'd grow old with, a girlfriend who knew my secrets,… — Beth Hoffman Fear Copy Share Image
“You're wrong, Mama. The world's beautiful, but you're so busy being disappointed in everything you don't see it!!” — Beth Hoffman Disappointed Copy Share Image
“Oysters are a lot like women. It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our… — Beth Hoffman Beauty Copy Share Image
“That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.” — Beth Hoffman Acceptance Copy Share Image
“I find all men to be very much like wearing high-heeled shoes - I love how pretty they make me feel, but… — Beth Hoffman Fashion Copy Share Image
“If an older man ever sweeps you off your feet, just get up and run away as fast as you can.” I” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Don't go wastin' all them bright tomorrows you ain't even seen by hangin' on to what happened yesterday. Let go, child. Just… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“dont go wastin all them bright tomorrows you aint even seen yet by hangin on to what happened yesterday.Let go Child. Just… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“People is wise 'cause they get out in the world and live. Wisdom comes from experience - from knowin' each day is… — Beth Hoffman Wisdom Copy Share Image
“A cool breeze lifted the hem of my nightgown. The birds began to chirp and sing and the first sparks of sunlight… — Beth Hoffman Breeze Copy Share Image
“I find all men to be very much like wearing high-heeled shoes - I love how pretty they make me feel, but… — Beth Hoffman Fashion Copy Share Image
“But I hurt everywhere, Mama. How do I make it stop?" She looked at me with a sad smile. "I don't know.… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Well, looks like you won't be reaching nirvana anytime soon." She pushed a stray lock of hair off her forehead and sniffed.… — Beth Hoffman Humorous Copy Share Image
“far too many people die with a heart thats gone flat with indiferance, and it surely must be a terrible way to… — Beth Hoffman Life Copy Share Image
“When a chapter of your Life Book is complete, your spirit knows its time to turn the page so a new chapter… — Beth Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
“I loved this time of night, how everything softened and lost the hard edges of day, and how, if the wind moved… — Beth Hoffman Night Copy Share Image
“Don't go wasting all them bright tomorrows you ain't even seen by hanging on to what happened yesterday. Let go, child. Just… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Lucille always loved a strong breeze. She said it was nature's way of blowing away our sorrows.' Just then another gust of… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“We all need to be careful in this world, but I promise you, for every bad person on this earth there's a… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“After explaining how a pearl is made she said: "It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and… — Beth Hoffman Beauty Copy Share Image
“You can't run around town tryin' to get even with every person who does you wrong. Ain't enough hours in the day… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Don't grow up too fast, darling. Age is inevitalbe but if you nurture a childlike heart you'll never grow old.” — Beth Hoffman Childlike Copy Share Image
“Murdering anything is just plain criminal, but a Southerner murdering a magnolia? Well, that's an unforgivable sacrilege against nautre and the South.” — Beth Hoffman Humor Copy Share Image
“It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us." Saving CeeCee Honeycut” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's not what we hold on to that shapes our lives--it's what we're willing to let go of.” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“...C'mon, honey, don't be mad at me. I don't mean to lie, I just remember big." Buck Preston to CeeCee's neighbor, Miz… — Beth Hoffman Humor Copy Share Image
“Wisteria is my favorite flowering vine. Do you know why?' I shook my head. 'No, ma'am.' 'Because it's strong -- just like… — Beth Hoffman Flowers Copy Share Image
“I knew the flight into the crazy skies of love would always outweigh the uncertainty of days that didn't yet belong to… — Beth Hoffman Love Copy Share Image
“Though Mrs. Fontaine smiled, I couldn't help but wonder if she'd sized me up and found me lacking.” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“don't grow up to fast, darling. Age is inevitable, but if you nuture a childlike heart, you'll never ever grow old.” — Beth Hoffman Grow Old Copy Share Image
“Life don't wait for nobody, and even as special as you are, it ain't gonna wait for you, neither. So it's time… — Beth Hoffman Life Copy Share Image
“Friday is a purple-velvet-sofa day for some poor woman who's finally reclaimed her life. A purple velvet sofa is a gal's symbol… — Beth Hoffman Feminism Copy Share Image
“I wonder if maybe death does that -- turns strangers into friends for a few minutes, or an hour, or maybe even… — Beth Hoffman Death Copy Share Image
“Northerners are exactly like their weather—cold and boring. And I swear, none of them has one iota of etiquette or propriety.” — Beth Hoffman Northerners Copy Share Image
“Hun gjorde en latterlig, feiende sorti, som om hun var på audition for en nyinnspilling av Tatt av vinden.” — Beth Hoffman Audition Copy Share Image
“I stared at the room full of caskets on display-their lids gaping open like hungry mouths, waiting to swallow up the newly… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image