“Books became my life, or maybe I should say books became the way I escaped from my life.” — Beth Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
“Never tie your happiness to the end of someone else's kite.” — Beth Hoffman Happiness Copy Share Image
“I don't give a chicken's sorry ass who taught you. I just want to play.” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Don't go wastin' all them bright tomorrows you ain't even seen by hangin' on to what happened yesterday. Let go, child. Just… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“dont go wastin all them bright tomorrows you aint even seen yet by hangin on to what happened yesterday.Let go Child. Just… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Don't grow up too fast, Darling. Age is inevitable, but if you nurture a childlike heart, you'll never, ever grow old.” — Beth Hoffman Grow Old Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's what love does - smooths the hard edges of life, giving us a gentle place to land when we fall.” — Beth Hoffman Gentle Copy Share Image
“...Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. It's what we do and share with the world that… — Beth Hoffman Passion Copy Share Image
“It occurred to me that that's what friends should do: cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.” — Beth Hoffman Friend Copy Share Image
“It's our hearts that tell us the truth of things, honey, and my heart has never betrayed me. Not ever.” — Beth Hoffman Truth Copy Share Image
“If she's not already there, will you help her find her way to heaven? She's not very good at directions.” — beth hoffman Heaven Copy Share Image
“far too many people die with a heart thats gone flat with indiferance, and it surely must be a terrible way to… — Beth Hoffman Life Copy Share Image
“I stared at the room full of caskets on display-their lids gaping open like hungry mouths, waiting to swallow up the newly… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I loved this time of night, how everything softened and lost the hard edges of day, and how, if the wind moved… — Beth Hoffman Night Copy Share Image
“When a chapter of your Life Book is complete, your spirit knows its time to turn the page so a new chapter… — Beth Hoffman Books Copy Share Image
“Oh Cecelia, you would have loved my grandmother, Miz Goodpepper said, dunking a cookie into her wine. She was so alive and… — Beth Hoffman Grandmother Copy Share Image
“...we have become a throwaway society. Instead of honoring and preserving our past, we tear it down, shove it aside, and just… — Beth Hoffman History Copy Share Image
“Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. It's what we do and share with the world that… — Beth Hoffman Passion Copy Share Image
“I want to work really hard, that's the only thing I know how to do. I also know that I have a… — Beth Hoffman Education Copy Share Image
“Life is full of change, honey. That's how we learn and grow. When we're born, the Good Lord gives each of us… — Beth Hoffman Change Copy Share Image
“They say there's no such thing as a perfect pearl - that nothing from nature can ever be truly perfect.” — Beth Hoffman Nature Copy Share Image
“I knew the flight into the crazy skies of love would always outweigh the uncertainty of days that didn't yet belong to… — Beth Hoffman Love Copy Share Image
“Wisteria is my favorite flowering vine. Do you know why?' I shook my head. 'No, ma'am.' 'Because it's strong -- just like… — Beth Hoffman Flowers Copy Share Image
“Northerners are exactly like their weather—cold and boring. And I swear, none of them has one iota of etiquette or propriety.” — Beth Hoffman Northerners Copy Share Image
“Friday is a purple-velvet-sofa day for some poor woman who's finally reclaimed her life. A purple velvet sofa is a gal's symbol… — Beth Hoffman Feminism Copy Share Image
“I wonder if maybe death does that -- turns strangers into friends for a few minutes, or an hour, or maybe even… — Beth Hoffman Death Copy Share Image
“Hun gjorde en latterlig, feiende sorti, som om hun var på audition for en nyinnspilling av Tatt av vinden.” — Beth Hoffman Audition Copy Share Image
“Life don't wait for nobody, and even as special as you are, it ain't gonna wait for you, neither. So it's time… — Beth Hoffman Life Copy Share Image
“don't grow up to fast, darling. Age is inevitable, but if you nuture a childlike heart, you'll never ever grow old.” — Beth Hoffman Grow Old Copy Share Image
“Though Mrs. Fontaine smiled, I couldn't help but wonder if she'd sized me up and found me lacking.” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Don't grow up too fast, darling. Age is inevitalbe but if you nurture a childlike heart you'll never grow old.” — Beth Hoffman Childlike Copy Share Image
“Murdering anything is just plain criminal, but a Southerner murdering a magnolia? Well, that's an unforgivable sacrilege against nautre and the South.” — Beth Hoffman Humor Copy Share Image
“After explaining how a pearl is made she said: "It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and… — Beth Hoffman Beauty Copy Share Image
“We all need to be careful in this world, but I promise you, for every bad person on this earth there's a… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“You can't run around town tryin' to get even with every person who does you wrong. Ain't enough hours in the day… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's not what we hold on to that shapes our lives--it's what we're willing to let go of.” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“...C'mon, honey, don't be mad at me. I don't mean to lie, I just remember big." Buck Preston to CeeCee's neighbor, Miz… — Beth Hoffman Humor Copy Share Image
“It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us." Saving CeeCee Honeycut” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“A small patch of sunflowers came into view. Dozens of tall stalks topped with heavy golden flower heads swayed in they hot… — Beth Hoffman Flower Copy Share Image
