“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
“Time wasn't the same anymore. Doors were slamming shut before we even knew they'd been opened. Good fortune can take forever to… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“As Gary understands it, the greatest portion of grief is the one you dish out for yourself, and he and Sally have… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
My sorrow is I used to read all the time and now, as a writer, I don't have the time to read. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“That was the sorrow of it. He saw the light but never expected the darkness.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Life is a mystery, and it should be so, for the sorrow that accompanies being human and the choices one will have… — 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
In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients. — 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
“What was a siren but a call to your neighbors, a cry that would let them know that grief of one sort… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“she clutched her purse and was completely composed, gracefully accepting people’s sympathies, but when they started to shovel the dirt over old… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this 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
