“He has stumbled into love, and now he's stuck there. He's fairly used to not getting what he wants, and he's dealt… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Butter melting on a dish meant someone nearby was in love, and a bird in the house take your bad luck out… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
In the darkest hour of winter, when the starlings had all flown away, Gretel Samuelson fell in love. It happened the way… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“When Juliet came flying down the hallway, Stella didn't recognize her friend. Juliet hadn't bothered with makeup; she was wearing a nightgown… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Once I knew nothing about McKay and now I knew everything about him. This seemed as good as any reason for not… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Everything was red, the air, the sun, whatever I looked at. Except for him. I fell in love with someone who was… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
And then I understood that she had no idea what she'd done to my family. She thought love and hatred were equal. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
The nature of love had totally escaped her until now. She had thought that if you lost it, you could never get… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“This was the way love walked in, barely dressed, confused, panic-stricken, overcome, not caring what anyone thought or what they believed.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Will her husband love her?” “Would you want love you had to buy?” Isabelle asked.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Jill told me that when you're really in love, you know right away. I'm not exactly sure how this happens. Is it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“You were the one who taught me that love was never what we expected it to be and that it was all… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“That was the way love was, invisible, there whether or not you wanted to see it or admit to it.” — 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
I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.' ...'Now we both have people we love who are like… — 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
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
