Mother Quotes by Alice Hoffman

“She’s not a demon, she’s a woman,” my mother said sadly. “In this case, that’s worse.”

— Alice Hoffman

My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father.

— Alice Hoffman

“Our mother is too well bred to hate,' Franny said. 'She disapproves.”

— Alice Hoffman

Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of…

— Alice Hoffman

That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a…

— Alice Hoffman

I hate it when people tell me the end of the story because my mother always read the last page of a…

— Alice Hoffman

“was in this way that the mother discovered that she still had the will to live, even now, and she was usually…

— Alice Hoffman

When I read Jerome D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" that was the first time I felt my mind blow open.…

— Alice Hoffman

Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending…

— Alice Hoffman

“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

“I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed…

— Alice Hoffman

“I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes…

— Alice Hoffman

“My mother was teaching me that the inside of something was not necessarily its outside. Always look carefully, she told me. Look…

— Alice Hoffman

I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment.…

— Alice Hoffman

Abra DeMadrigal didn't look young enough to be my sister anymore. Her sorrow weighed her down and aged her. She was still…

— Alice Hoffman

Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages,…

— Alice Hoffman

My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all…

— Alice Hoffman