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Truth Quotes by Alice Hoffman

13 Truth quotes by Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman’s take on truth is both lyrical and intimate. In this modest set of thirteen quotes, she invites readers to feel the undercurrents of honesty in everyday moments, offering a gentle yet compelling entry point into her storytelling style.

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“The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day.”

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It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

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“What people called the truth seemed worthless to her; what was it but a furtive, bruised story to convince yourself life was…

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“This was what it was. The ruin of it. The depth of it. Have it once and you can have it again.…

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I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things…

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“Certainly, as a reader, I had always discovered the deepest truths in fiction; it was through reading novels that I learned about…

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Some things, however, are true no matter how hard you might try to block them out, and a lie is always a…

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“Truth felt light and green, but a lie sunk to the floor, heavy as metal, a substance she always avoided for it…

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The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of…

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“The stars are reflected from within the black water in the cistern. I find comfort in the omen I glean from this:…

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“I did my best to pretend it wasn't so. ... I didn't have time to be ill. Now I know you can't…

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

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Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? At the library I couldn’t help but notice which…

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“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…

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But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it…

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“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.”

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“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…

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This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

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“She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.”

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I'm a really eclectic reader.

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It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

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“Her vision was going, but she could see him, the way people see clouds-beautiful, racing by, casting shadows.”

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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…

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“...the summer of the gypsy moths when all the trees in their yard were bare, the leaves chewed by caterpillars. You could hear crunching…

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“The best way to die is when you're living.”

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“Haylin was given a good talking-to by the headmaster and made to write a paper about workers’ rights, which he considered a privilege rather…

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My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage."…

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