All Alice Hoffman Quotes
- Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories. Best
- He fell in love with the way she closed her eyes, long before he fell in love with her. Closed
- In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients. Act
- What people read revealed so much about them that she considered our card catalog a treasure house of privileged secrets; each card contained the map… Card
- Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? At the library I couldn’t help but notice which patrons checked out… Ability
- It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone who was… Alone
- I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I lived. Belonged
- How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was worth kingdoms. Alone
- Do people choose the art that inspires them — do they think it over, decide they might prefer the fabulous to the real? For me,… Art
- Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction. Away Means
- Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost. All
- The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood. Easy
- We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could. Abandoned
- Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? Carry
- Being human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else? Anything Else
- Everything was red, the air, the sun, whatever I looked at. Except for him. I fell in love with someone who was human. I watched… Air
- I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown. Causes
- Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away. Gives
- That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a knife. Cuts
- Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows. Formed
- I knew what it was to yearn for a life so distant it seemed that it had never been anything more than a dream. Been
- Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be. Anyone
- He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find. Find
- But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us from His will alone. Alone
- Love was like that, like a dream you didn't quite understand, one in which you didn't necessarily know what you were looking at until it… Dream