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
I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
When the cold comes to New England it arrives in sheets of sleet and ice. In December, the wind wraps itself around… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Jill and I have known each other our whole lives. One house separates our houses but we act as if it doesn't… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
My grandmother told me once that when you lose somebody you think you've lost the whole world as well, but that's not… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
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 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
Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms. — 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
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
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
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
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
I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things… — 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
