Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever. The… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“In the dining hall of the home, Stella had seen so much death, that one Saturday morning she’d been compelled to sink… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“But in battle you cannot tell another when it is his time to enter the World-to-Come, nor is it possible to keep… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“After listening in, Franny had decided that magic was not so very far from science. Both endeavors searched for meaning where there… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“People really could be one way outside, when inside they were torn to shreds, a fine white powder of grief and regret… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She had been grief stricken as her father lay dying but now she felt weightless, the way people do when they're no… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“People say there's the Angel of Life and the Angel of Death, but there's another one, too. The one who walks among… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
If I hadn't learned my lesson, I would have wished we could stay there forever. But I knew better now. We'd seen… — 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
