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Alice Hoffman Quotes

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they’re not around. Too much free time! Picture Quote #1

They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I’m interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and magic in women’s stories are all kind of combined Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t matter what people tell you. It doesn’t matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you’re headed in the exact right direction Picture Quote #1

Here’s the thing about luck... you don’t know if it’s good or bad until you have some perspective Picture Quote #1

The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep Picture Quote #1

People hide their truest nature. I understood that; I even applauded it. What sort of world would it be if people bled all over the sidewalks, if they wept under trees, smacked whomever they despised, kissed strangers, revealed themselves? Picture Quote #1

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Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they’re spoken and you can never take them back Picture Quote #1

He started to look at me in a manner I recognized: it was the way I looked at a new book, one I had never read before, one that surprised me with all it had to say Picture Quote #1

You can be betrayed in your sleep. The whole world can tilt while you’re dreaming of butterflies Picture Quote #1

It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn’t going anywhere, it wasn’t going to desert her now Picture Quote #1

Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going Picture Quote #1

That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination Picture Quote #1

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Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t quite as certain that I knew her soul. When it came right down to it, I wasn’t sure she knew me either Picture Quote #1

Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them Picture Quote #1

Once you know some things, you can’t unknow them. It’s a burden that can never be given away Picture Quote #1

Still, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren’t meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were. And what we remember Picture Quote #1

In losing a friend, she is reminded of all she has lost and all she stands to lose again. There is nothing to be done to make it any easier. We all grieve alone Picture Quote #1

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That’s why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There would be no gates at all Picture Quote #1

I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death Picture Quote #1

And then I understood that she had no idea what she’d done to my family. She thought love and hatred were equal Picture Quote #1

My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to be prideful anymore. I wanted to be as hard as and brittle as the stones I carted into the woods. Stones that could not feel or cry or see. I wished not to feel anything at all. In no time, what I wished for, I became Picture Quote #1

Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn’t unknow Picture Quote #1

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He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one Picture Quote #1

She didn’t like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she’d been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all Picture Quote #1

Crying wasn’t like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it’s done Picture Quote #1

Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you’ve had a chance to reconsider, or even to think Picture Quote #1

Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he’ll love you forever isn’t finished with you until he’s done Picture Quote #1

What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn’t believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing are unable to dream. But I was wrong Picture Quote #1

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Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they’re not around. Too much free time! (Alice Hoffman Quotes) They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I’m interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and magic in women’s stories are all kind of combined (Alice Hoffman Quotes) It doesn’t matter what people tell you. It doesn’t matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you’re headed in the exact right direction (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Here’s the thing about luck... you don’t know if it’s good or bad until you have some perspective (Alice Hoffman Quotes) The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep (Alice Hoffman Quotes) People hide their truest nature. I understood that; I even applauded it. What sort of world would it be if people bled all over the sidewalks, if they wept under trees, smacked whomever they despised, kissed strangers, revealed themselves? (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they’re spoken and you can never take them back (Alice Hoffman Quotes) He started to look at me in a manner I recognized: it was the way I looked at a new book, one I had never read before, one that surprised me with all it had to say (Alice Hoffman Quotes) You can be betrayed in your sleep. The whole world can tilt while you’re dreaming of butterflies (Alice Hoffman Quotes) It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn’t going anywhere, it wasn’t going to desert her now (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going (Alice Hoffman Quotes) That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot (Alice Hoffman Quotes) I wasn’t quite as certain that I knew her soul. When it came right down to it, I wasn’t sure she knew me either (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Once you know some things, you can’t unknow them. It’s a burden that can never be given away (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Still, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren’t meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were. And what we remember (Alice Hoffman Quotes) In losing a friend, she is reminded of all she has lost and all she stands to lose again. There is nothing to be done to make it any easier. We all grieve alone (Alice Hoffman Quotes) That’s why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There would be no gates at all (Alice Hoffman Quotes) I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death (Alice Hoffman Quotes) And then I understood that she had no idea what she’d done to my family. She thought love and hatred were equal (Alice Hoffman Quotes) My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel (Alice Hoffman Quotes) I didn’t want to be prideful anymore. I wanted to be as hard as and brittle as the stones I carted into the woods. Stones that could not feel or cry or see. I wished not to feel anything at all. In no time, what I wished for, I became (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn’t unknow (Alice Hoffman Quotes) He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one (Alice Hoffman Quotes) She didn’t like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she’d been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Crying wasn’t like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it’s done (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you’ve had a chance to reconsider, or even to think (Alice Hoffman Quotes) Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he’ll love you forever isn’t finished with you until he’s done (Alice Hoffman Quotes) What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn’t believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing are unable to dream. But I was wrong (Alice Hoffman Quotes)

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