“I am not an idiot. It's just that sometimes there are things that I don't want to know.” — Alice Hoffman Idiot Copy Share Image
Sally...can no longer think of love as a reality, or even as a possibility, however remote. — Alice Hoffman Love Copy Share Image
He has the ability to catch someone by the way that he looks at her, and make her wish he would go… — Alice Hoffman Ability Copy Share Image
When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always. — Alice Hoffman Love Copy Share Image
Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever. — Alice Hoffman Ever after Copy Share Image
“Only now did I realize what the hermit was telling me, that love was never a regret.” — Alice Hoffman Hermit Copy Share Image
“Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you… — Alice Hoffman Fall in love Copy Share Image
“She said she wanted a man like that, someone who understood sorrow, not someone who caused it.” — Alice Hoffman Sorrow Copy Share Image
...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go." From… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“ON JUNE 28, 1969, THE WEATHER WAS HOT, EIGHTY-SEVEN DEGREES, UNUSUAL FOR THE TIME OF YEAR. NEW YORK CITY GREW STEAMY, AS… — Alice Hoffman New york city Copy Share Image
“when you truly love someone and they love you in return, you ruin your lives together. That is not a curse, it’s… — Alice Hoffman Life Copy Share Image
“He’s so kindhearted no dog has ever barked at him. No child has ever cried in front of him. No bee has… — Alice Hoffman Animal Copy Share Image
The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“People in the courtroom let loose with their disgust, cursing us, d--ning us, we who had become less than human. Marranos. Pigs.… — Alice Hoffman Disgust Copy Share Image
“Meg was a great reader and was never without a book; while walking to school she often had one open in her… — Alice Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He knew exactly how to hit a woman, so that the marks hardly showed. He knew how to kiss her, too, so… — Alice Hoffman Abused women Copy Share Image
The nature of love had totally escaped her until now. She had thought that if you lost it, you could never get… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“A visitor to campus can find sweet, aromatic Properity, as well as Climbing Ophelia and those delicious Egyptian Roses, which give off… — Alice Hoffman Flowers Copy Share Image
“...if anyone bothered to search through the laurel bordering the asphalt he'd surely find handfuls of teeth that were said to give… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Fourth time's the charm," she says to people who ask her what the secret of a happy marriage is, but that's not… — Alice Hoffman Happy marriage Copy Share Image
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… — Alice Hoffman Despair Copy Share Image
“When Juliet came flying down the hallway, Stella didn't recognize her friend. Juliet hadn't bothered with makeup; she was wearing a nightgown… — Alice Hoffman Friendship Copy Share Image
“There he is, in the fading light, certain of what he wants, certain of her. If Gillian were speaking to her sister,… — Alice Hoffman Fading light Copy Share Image
If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun. — Alice Hoffman Attention Copy Share Image
My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel. — Alice Hoffman Cold Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows a white blackbird is nothing more than a ghost, a shadow of what it ought to be.” — Alice Hoffman Ghost Copy Share Image
“What you are able to dream you are able to grow, she says to me. If you don't believe in it, it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in… — Alice Hoffman Fiction Copy Share Image
...but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not. — Alice Hoffman Crime Copy Share Image
Every time someone forgets, someone else disappears,' my brother wrote. — Alice Hoffman Brother Copy Share Image
My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“If the Wolfman had not disappeared from my life I would have made certain to question him further about” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.” — Alice Hoffman Depression Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients. — Alice Hoffman Grief Copy Share Image
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help — Alice Hoffman Art Copy Share Image
“Just know that what's done can be undone, but what's undone can never again be.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
