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First sight Quote by Alice Hoffman

“Listen carefully. Listen and you'll hear everything you need to know. a nightmare is a different case entirely, it's a box of black shadows and vicious red stars, something to keep carefully closed, lest the ground below be broken in two now it's a time like any other, long minutes, tedious…” quote by Alice Hoffman
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““Listen carefully. Listen and you'll hear everything you need to know. a nightmare is a different case entirely, it's a box of black shadows and vicious red stars, something to keep carefully closed, lest the ground below be broken in two now it's a time like any other, long minutes, tedious seconds, nothing more than flat time moving forward, like it or not it is impossible to stop some things, rainfall, for instance, and love at first sight, and the slow and steady path of sorrow the cruel and desperate variety that always accompanies yearning for someone you're bound to lose when you lose somebody you think you've lost the whole world as well, but that's not the way things turn out in the end. eventually, you pick yourself up and look out the window, and once you do you see everything that was there before the world ended is out there still. there are the same apple trees and the same songbirds, and over our heads, the very same sky that shine like heaven, so far above us qw can never hope to reach such heights sometimes those who love you best are the ones who leave you behind hearts were made for being broken. there's really no way around it if you want to be a human being. ...consider what people are capable of going through in this world and how much courage it's possible to have when someone kisses you with everything they feel, you don't stop thinking about it for a very long time. you didn't think you were going to get married and live happily ever after did you? you're not that stupid... a book of hope that has never been finished, a list of dreams left undone.””

Alice Hoffman

About This Quote

The passage reflects on life's cyclical nature, the inevitability of loss, and the persistent hope that remains despite hardship.

In simple terms: Life repeats, loss hurts, hope endures.

Key Takeaway

Embrace loss, seek hope.

Themes

loss hope resilience humanity time

Mood

melancholic reflective hopeful

Type

philosophical inspirational

When to use this quote

  • grief counseling
  • creative writing
  • personal reflection
  • mental health support
  • philosophical discussion

Key Concepts

existentialism psychology philosophy

Questions to Reflect On

  • How do you find hope after loss?
  • What cycles in your life feel unchanging?
A Different Perspective

The poetic style may obscure actionable insight for some readers.

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