Quote by Alice Hoffman Download Open image ““Everyone knows a white blackbird is nothing more than a ghost, a shadow of what it ought to be.”” — Alice Hoffman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Once upon a time there was a little blackbird, pushed out of the nest, unwanted.” — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time there was a little blackbird who was pushed from the nest, unwanted. Discarded.” — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“But ghosts aren't white and bright. Ghosts are shadows of someone or something gone wrong.” — Paul Tremblay Copy Share Image
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“Think what you will, blackbird, for I'll be here long after thee's gone they course and died thy death.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient.” — William James Copy Share Image
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“Dark wings, dark words, me mother used to say, but when the birds fly silent, seems to me that’s even darker.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“...the great black bird broods outside my window in the high dark night waiting to enfold me when I leave the house tomorrow only… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“There was a brilliant flash of white, then darkness. Four seconds later, there was nothing left of Crow Daddy but his clothes.” — Stephen King 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