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title: "5 Knew Quotes By Alice Hoffman"
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> [Everything we knew condemned us, and our questioning condemned us most of all. Knowledge was the way of our people, and knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/everything-we-knew-condemned-us-and-our-questioning-condemned-us-most/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/alice-hoffman-427_ashes_everything-we-knew-condemned-us-and-our_162343.png)

> [I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/i-know-who-you-are-in-your-heart-andres-said-that-s-all-that-matters/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/alice-hoffman-427_feels_i-know-who-you-are-in-your-heart-andres_1315808.png)

> [I wasn't quite as certain that I knew her soul. When it came right down to it, I wasn't sure she knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/i-wasn-t-quite-as-certain-that-i-knew-her-soul-when-it-came-right/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/alice-hoffman-427_certain_i-wasn-t-quite-as-certain-that-i-knew-he_1373444.png)

> [“Once I knew nothing about McKay and now I knew everything about him. This seemed as good as any reason for not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/once-i-knew-nothing-about-mckay-and-now-i-knew-everything-about-him/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/alice-hoffman-427_deceiving_once-i-knew-nothing-about-mckay-and-now_1609519.png)

> [“The children knew that which you cannot see can be more dangerous than that which is before you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/the-children-knew-that-which-you-cannot-see-can-be-more-dangerous/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/alice-hoffman-427_children_the-children-knew-that-which-you-cannot_2052228.png)

## Other authors on Knew

## 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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