All Alice Hoffman Quotes
- I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks. Been
- He stepped off the pavement like a man jumping off a bridge, as calm as a swimmer with an ocean out below. Lucy had known… Break
- No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way. Childhood
- I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for. Down
- My grandmother told me once that when you lose somebody you think you've lost the whole world as well, but that's not the way things… Apple
- You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be. Inspirational
- Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn… Among
- The only people out at this hour were ones who couldn't sleep,those haunted by one thing or another:love thwarted, love lost, love thrown away. They… Alone
- Our house was littered with books- in the kitchen, under the beds, stuck between the couch pillows--far too many for her the ever finish. I… Bed
- She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse. Curse
- This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed. All
- She was disappearing a little more each day, so thin, so frail, a wisp of smoke. One day she would surely vanish altogether, and there… Altogether
- I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming. All
- Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over,… Always Keep
- Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the… Been
- I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my desk, once I… Beauty
- Sometimes movies really are the best medicine. Best
- Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to… Certain
- It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world,… Another World
- I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were… Considered
- I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book. Sometimes I feel like the imagined can feel more real… Been
- I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.' They both seem to be threads in the same cloth… Both