All Alice Hoffman Quotes
- Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change… Any
- Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at… Avoid
- At midnight the wind in the tress can sound like the ocean. The moonlight can make a road appear as endless as the sea. Appear
- He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in disappointments reversed and luck that lasted. Believed
- Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting… Accident
- Weapons are kept from women, but such a naming suggests that perhaps men fear our talents in war as well as our desire for peace. Desire
- You don't fight for peace sister,' Nahara told me, 'You embrace it. Embrace
- Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene. Fate
- She knows where she's going, and what she has to do. She could, after all, find her way to Route 95 South blindfolded. She could… All
- People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost. Any
- The nature of love had totally escaped her until now. She had thought that if you lost it, you could never get it back, like… Back Like
- She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future. Busy
- The frightened walk away when love is difficult. I know that now. You have to be willing to give everything away. You have to be… Difficult
- What men yearn for they often destroy. Destroy
- I never even believed in happiness. I didn't think it existed. Now look at me. I'm ready to believe in just about anything. Believe
- He has the ability to catch someone by the way that he looks at her, and make her wish he would go on looking. Ability
- I loved him even now, as he took a knife to my throat, as I drowned in blood, as I whispered "Cousin, you were wrong.… Blood
- The more you feel, the stronger you are. Feel
- The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies… Arise
- I thought that love was a river, endless and deep. I thought it merely happened, washing over you like water. It was nothing to search… Alone
- Love ambushed you, it lay in wait, dormant for days or years. It was the red thread, the peach stone, the kiss, the forgiveness. It… Ambushed
- Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot. Inspirational
- If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun. Attention
- Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last. All
- Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this… Bound