“Truth felt light and green, but a lie sunk to the floor, heavy as metal, a substance she always avoided for it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day.” — 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
“What people called the truth seemed worthless to her; what was it but a furtive, bruised story to convince yourself life was… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? At the library I couldn’t help but notice which… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“My mother was teaching me that the inside of something was not necessarily its outside. Always look carefully, she told me. Look… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Certainly, as a reader, I had always discovered the deepest truths in fiction; it was through reading novels that I learned about… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I did my best to pretend it wasn't so. ... I didn't have time to be ill. Now I know you can't… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The stars are reflected from within the black water in the cistern. I find comfort in the omen I glean from this:… — 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
“This was what it was. The ruin of it. The depth of it. Have it once and you can have it again.… — 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
