“I thought perhaps I had been wrong, too quick to judge the essence of a being by its appearance, still not fully… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I knew what it was to yearn for a life so distant it seemed that it had never been anything more than… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I just do the best I can to face what life brings. That’s the secret, you know. That’s the way you change… — 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
“when you truly love someone and they love you in return, you ruin your lives together. That is not a curse, it’s… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The wickedness of the world was a part of creation, I knew this, and the Angel of Death had been created on… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“It’s for your own good,” she said tenderly. “All I want for you is a normal life.” “Mother,” Franny sighed. “What makes… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
How could I tell the doctor what was wrong with me? I didn't understand it myself. I couldn't articulate the pain; it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
This day is going to be awful. It's the sort of day you wouldn't mind losing completely, even if it meant your… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew… — 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
“What’s done cannot be undone. What’s set into motion takes on a life of its own.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“As for me, sleep was a country I no longer visited, despite my incantation. When I did, I wished for my waking… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
What was a rose but the living proof of desire, the single best evidence of human longing and earthly devotion. but desire… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
It doesnt matter what people tell you. It doesnt matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Blue must be worn for protection. Moonstones were useful in connecting with the living, topaz to contact the dead. Copper, sacred to… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was worth kingdoms. — 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
