Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think we can learn everything we need to know about the world when we read fairy tales. Be careful, be… — 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
The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
What I like about fairy tales is the language and the matter-of-fact way of introducing magic, where it's accepted that a fox… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I read Greek myths. I read about far off places, Venice and Paris. I read about men who searched for things they… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“At the heart of his paper was the notion that fairy tales relieved us of our need for order and allowed us… — 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
![“[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not a good idea to read fairy tales to anyone under the age of eight because they are brutal and raw. When I was a kid I often felt that kids's books were speaking down to me, but I never felt…” quote by Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/09c/alice-hoffman-427_age_fairy-tales-are-like-a-journey-to-the-wo_1682556.jpg)
