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> [Love was like rain: it turned into ice, or it disappeared. Now you saw it, now you couldn't find it no matter how hard you might search. Love evaporated; obsession was realer; it hurt, like a pin in your bottom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/love-was-like-rain-it-turned-into-ice-or-it-disappeared-now-you-saw/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

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> [“What's the difference between love and obsession? Didn't both make you stay up all night, wandering the streets, a victim of your own imagination, your own heartbeat? Didn't you fall into both, headfirst into quicksand? Wasn't every man in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/what-s-the-difference-between-love-and-obsession-didn-t-both-make-you/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

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## Other authors on Blink of an eye

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chaim-potok-21977.jpg) Chaim Potok 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blink-of-an-eye/chaim-potok/)

## More by Alice Hoffman

> [Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/women-know-things-that-men-will-never-know-we-keep-the-best-secrets/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/all-of-the-quarters-in-his-hand-were-tarnished-he-had-no-idea-that/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/but-most-important-of-all-she-explained-that-it-was-all-right-to-say/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/it-was-after-dark-when-the-woods-were-most-filled-with-magic-when/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/never-look-back-that-s-what-she-s-told-herself-don-t-think-about/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/this-was-what-it-meant-to-be-human-to-know-that-time-moved-and-all/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/she-preferred-cats-to-human-beings-and-turned-down-every-offer-from/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [I'm a really eclectic reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/i-m-a-really-eclectic-reader/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/it-s-not-the-lie-that-s-the-problem-it-s-the-distance-the-lie-forges/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“Her vision was going, but she could see him, the way people see clouds-beautiful, racing by, casting shadows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/her-vision-was-going-but-she-could-see-him-the-way-people-see-clouds/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/that-s-why-there-are-ten-gates-to-pass-through-before-you-reach-the/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“...the summer of the gypsy moths when all the trees in their yard were bare, the leaves chewed by caterpillars. You could hear crunching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/the-summer-of-the-gypsy-moths-when-all-the-trees-in-their-yard-were/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“The best way to die is when you're living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/the-best-way-to-die-is-when-you-re-living/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/haylin-was-given-a-good-talking-to-by-the-headmaster-and-made-to/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

> [My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/my-darling-girl-when-are-you-going-to-realize-that-being-normal-is/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

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