It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I thought you were supposed to be the champion of your people,' I said. I live because I need to do that.… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Some things, however, are true no matter how hard you might try to block them out, and a lie is always a… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I’d be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to… — 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
