Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by — 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
“Love wasn't rational; there was no proof that it even existed outside of people's imaginings.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Love could do that to some people and they wouldn't even know much they'd missed out on; they simply remained in the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Because love is an act of will. You think it will just happen, but you have to make it so. Even when… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you've had a chance to reconsider, or… — 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
“Well, maybe that's what love is, as state of mind ready to grace anyone willing to accept it. Anyone who cares.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Love is ancient and mysterious and you can't mess with it. If you do it just backfires and you meet with disaster.” — alice hoffman Copy Share Image
Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“(Love) walks up to you,and when it does, you need to recognize it for what it is and, perhaps more important, for… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“But can you measure someone's love? I want to know. You think you can measure love? She's kind not to laugh at… — 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
Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“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
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
“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
“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
This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“Her vision was going, but she could see him, the way people see clouds-beautiful, racing by, casting shadows.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
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
“...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
“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… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage."… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
