“But the best stories were about their mother, how her hair was as red as blood, how she had seventy-four freckles on… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around.… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward. — 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Your grand daughter may not be looking for trouble, but trouble is looking for her.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“These were the times when children dreamed about nuclear testing and falling stars. There was an undercurrent of unrest, like a wave,… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I have nothing from my childhood. I think you carry those books with you. It's like in [Ray] Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451." Books… — Alice Hoffman 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 Copy Share Image
“I had never before noticed that rain contained every color within itself, green as the fields, blue as heaven, white as a… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“and behind them came the women, and then the children with sticks and stones in their hands. There was a line of… — 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 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 Copy Share Image
“The children knew that which you cannot see can be more dangerous than that which is before you.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The children on the playground all heard her. They took off running together, as far away as possible from Antonia Owens, who… — Alice Hoffman 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“They may be nothing like you, he had written, they may surprise you, they may even repel you when their behavior is… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories. — Alice Hoffman 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 black if… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.” — Alice Hoffman 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, or lightning… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.” — Alice Hoffman 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
“Her vision was going, but she could see him, the way people see clouds-beautiful, racing by, casting shadows.” — Alice Hoffman 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 gate. There… — Alice Hoffman 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 hear crunching… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
