Quote by Alice Hoffman

““For what you can fix, there are a hundred remedies. For what cannot be cured, not even words will do.””

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Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.

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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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