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Alice Hoffman Quote: “He opened his eyes for an instant. Other people were writing and melting, but my brother stopped his flight long enough to look at me. An instant that would have to last forever. And then the flames rose higher and my brother was gone.”

251. “He opened his eyes for an instant. Other people were writing and melting, but my brother stopped his flight long enough to look at me. An instant that would have to last forever. And then the flames rose higher and my brother was gone.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Any institution becomes a community – whether it’s a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.”

252. “Any institution becomes a community – whether it’s a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “She wondered if dreamers knew they were in a dream while it was happening, or if they had no idea that everything around them was purely imagined until the dream had gone.”

253. “She wondered if dreamers knew they were in a dream while it was happening, or if they had no idea that everything around them was purely imagined until the dream had gone.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “For what you can fix, there are a hundred remedies. For what cannot be cured, not even words will do.”

254. “For what you can fix, there are a hundred remedies. For what cannot be cured, not even words will do.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “The craft was dangerous and unpredictable, and witches were difficult to control, for they had minds of their own and didn’t hold to keeping to the law.”

255. “The craft was dangerous and unpredictable, and witches were difficult to control, for they had minds of their own and didn’t hold to keeping to the law.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “When you were young you were afraid of ghosts, and when you were aged you called them to you.”

256. “When you were young you were afraid of ghosts, and when you were aged you called them to you.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Desire had a way of making a person oddly courageous. In the aunts’ opinion, it could sneak up on a grown woman and turn her from a sensible creature into something as foolish as a flea that keeps chasing after the same old dog.”

257. “Desire had a way of making a person oddly courageous. In the aunts’ opinion, it could sneak up on a grown woman and turn her from a sensible creature into something as foolish as a flea that keeps chasing after the same old dog.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “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 to listen.”

258. “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 to listen.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Your sorrow will become smaller, like a star in the daylight that you can’t even see. It’s there, shining, but there is also a vast expanse of blue sky.”

259. “Your sorrow will become smaller, like a star in the daylight that you can’t even see. It’s there, shining, but there is also a vast expanse of blue sky.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “I’m fated to lose everyone I ever love,” April said. “I already know that.” “Of course you are,” Jet responded in her calm, measured tone. “That’s what it means to be alive.”

260. “I’m fated to lose everyone I ever love,” April said. “I already know that.” “Of course you are,” Jet responded in her calm, measured tone. “That’s what it means to be alive.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Sometimes words spoken are the ones you’ve been afraid to think, but once they’re said aloud there’s no way to make them disappear.”

261. “Sometimes words spoken are the ones you’ve been afraid to think, but once they’re said aloud there’s no way to make them disappear.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “She had wanted to be a bird, but now she knew, as she looked out the window to see Lewis following, that even birds are chained to earth by their needs and desires.”

262. “She had wanted to be a bird, but now she knew, as she looked out the window to see Lewis following, that even birds are chained to earth by their needs and desires.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “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.”

263. “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

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait.”

264. “Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “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.”

265. “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.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real and as true as apples and stones. They all led to the story inside the story.”

266. “Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real and as true as apples and stones. They all led to the story inside the story.”

— Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman Quote: “Some people know the exact moment when they’ve lost everything. They can look back and see it plain as day and for the life of them they can’t understand why they didn’t spot the situation as it was happening.”

267. “Some people know the exact moment when they’ve lost everything. They can look back and see it plain as day and for the life of them they can’t understand why they didn’t spot the situation as it was happening.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Life is beautiful, just very unfair.”

268. “Life is beautiful, just very unfair.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Some stories begin at the beginning and others begin at the end, but all the best stories begin in a library.”

269. “Some stories begin at the beginning and others begin at the end, but all the best stories begin in a library.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.”

270. “Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “That was how evil spoke. It made its own corrupt sense; it swore that the good were evil, and that evil had come to save mankind. It brought up ancient fears and scattered them on the street like pearls.”

271. “That was how evil spoke. It made its own corrupt sense; it swore that the good were evil, and that evil had come to save mankind. It brought up ancient fears and scattered them on the street like pearls.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “When I write for teens, I feel I can cut through everything and get to the bare bones. I can get straight into the emotional world of the character.”

272. “When I write for teens, I feel I can cut through everything and get to the bare bones. I can get straight into the emotional world of the character.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “I didn’t understand that when I closed myself to her, I took a part of her bitterness inside me. It was green and unforgiving, and as it grew it made me more like her. It gave me my strength, but it gave me my weakness as well.”

273. “I didn’t understand that when I closed myself to her, I took a part of her bitterness inside me. It was green and unforgiving, and as it grew it made me more like her. It gave me my strength, but it gave me my weakness as well.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.”

274. “In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Truth felt light and green, but a lie sunk to the floor, heavy as metal, a substance she always avoided for it made her feel as though she was trapped behind bars.”

275. “Truth felt light and green, but a lie sunk to the floor, heavy as metal, a substance she always avoided for it made her feel as though she was trapped behind bars.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “In good time every secret must be shared and every miracle called into question.”

276. “In good time every secret must be shared and every miracle called into question.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death.”

277. “I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “In my memories I have set my life in Brooklyn between pieces of glass, separate from my current existence, and this has enabled me to move forward. The past cannot tie me in knots, nor can it cause me to drown. And yet what is stored in glass belongs to me still. Each piece is a part of me: the hummingbirds, the locked doors, Mr. Morris in the yard, the pear tree, the woman covered by bees, and you. Especially you.”

278. “In my memories I have set my life in Brooklyn between pieces of glass, separate from my current existence, and this has enabled me to move forward. The past cannot tie me in knots, nor can it cause me to drown. And yet what is stored in glass belongs to me still. Each piece is a part of me: the hummingbirds, the locked doors, Mr. Morris in the yard, the pear tree, the woman covered by bees, and you. Especially you.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “The truth was written upon us, as they say men’s sins are written on their bones so that when they die their wicked deeds can be read as if written upon parchment.”

279. “The truth was written upon us, as they say men’s sins are written on their bones so that when they die their wicked deeds can be read as if written upon parchment.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “There is the outside of a story, and the inside of a story... One is the fruit and may be delicious, but the other is the seed.”

280. “There is the outside of a story, and the inside of a story... One is the fruit and may be delicious, but the other is the seed.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Crying wasn’t like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it’s done.”

281. “Crying wasn’t like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it’s done.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “What is broken can also be mended.”

282. “What is broken can also be mended.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “After living with his art in my own chamber, I saw there was more than mere mimicry, and that art was a world unto itself, with its own symbols and language. A leaf seen in a certain light might be gray or violet as well as purple, and a latticework of twigs might easily turn red as the sky paled above the city.”

283. “After living with his art in my own chamber, I saw there was more than mere mimicry, and that art was a world unto itself, with its own symbols and language. A leaf seen in a certain light might be gray or violet as well as purple, and a latticework of twigs might easily turn red as the sky paled above the city.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.”

284. “Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “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 suppose I thought if my grandmother kept up her interests, she wouldn’t die; she’d have to stay around to finish the books she was so fond of. “I’ve got to get to the bottom of this one,” she’d say, as if a book were no different from a pond or a lake. I thought she’d go on reading forever but it didn’t work out that way.”

285. “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 suppose I thought if my grandmother kept up her interests, she wouldn’t die; she’d have to stay around to finish the books she was so fond of. “I’ve got to get to the bottom of this one,” she’d say, as if a book were no different from a pond or a lake. I thought she’d go on reading forever but it didn’t work out that way.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “The day had begun, cool and clear and absolutely impossible to avoid.”

286. “The day had begun, cool and clear and absolutely impossible to avoid.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and swimming pools, loyalty and devotion, even though my eyes were closed, and all that surrounded me was a darkened room. I wrote because that was who I was at the core, and if I was too damaged to walk around the block, I was lucky all the same. Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.”

287. “I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and swimming pools, loyalty and devotion, even though my eyes were closed, and all that surrounded me was a darkened room. I wrote because that was who I was at the core, and if I was too damaged to walk around the block, I was lucky all the same. Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Lightning, like love, is never ruled by logic.”

288. “Lightning, like love, is never ruled by logic.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Her gift with wild birds allowed her to bring them to her merely by lifting her hand. From a distance, when she ran so fast she was nearly flying, it seemed as if she spoke their language, and was meant for their world more than her own.”

289. “Her gift with wild birds allowed her to bring them to her merely by lifting her hand. From a distance, when she ran so fast she was nearly flying, it seemed as if she spoke their language, and was meant for their world more than her own.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “As Gary understands it, the greatest portion of grief is the one you dish out for yourself, and he and Sally have both served themselves from the same table tonight, the only difference being that he knows what he’s missing, and she has no idea what is causing her to cry as she drives down the Turnpike.”

290. “As Gary understands it, the greatest portion of grief is the one you dish out for yourself, and he and Sally have both served themselves from the same table tonight, the only difference being that he knows what he’s missing, and she has no idea what is causing her to cry as she drives down the Turnpike.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Lately, she’s been wondering if perhaps when the living become the dead they leave an empty space behind, a hollow no one else can fill.”

291. “Lately, she’s been wondering if perhaps when the living become the dead they leave an empty space behind, a hollow no one else can fill.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “It was believed that all creation came from thought, language, and mathematics.”

292. “It was believed that all creation came from thought, language, and mathematics.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “I felt I had come upon the core of the meaning of life, to discover and re-create beauty.”

293. “I felt I had come upon the core of the meaning of life, to discover and re-create beauty.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Don’t waste time when there’s someone you love.”

294. “Don’t waste time when there’s someone you love.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “I think of life as a book of stories. You move through the stories and the characters change. But once you have a name on your skin you are stuck with one story, even if it’s a bad one.”

295. “I think of life as a book of stories. You move through the stories and the characters change. But once you have a name on your skin you are stuck with one story, even if it’s a bad one.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Men and women rarely speak to each other, though they often talk.”

296. “Men and women rarely speak to each other, though they often talk.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “It was a warm and breezy day, too warm for Sally’s heavy clothes, so she draped her coat over her arm. The sun went through the fabric of her dress, a hot hand across flesh and bones. Sally felt as though she’d been dead and now that she was back she was particularly sensitive to the world of the living: the touch of the wind against her skin, the gnats in the air, the scent of mud and new leaves, the sweetness of blues and greens.”

297. “It was a warm and breezy day, too warm for Sally’s heavy clothes, so she draped her coat over her arm. The sun went through the fabric of her dress, a hot hand across flesh and bones. Sally felt as though she’d been dead and now that she was back she was particularly sensitive to the world of the living: the touch of the wind against her skin, the gnats in the air, the scent of mud and new leaves, the sweetness of blues and greens.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Listen, and you’ll hear a story being told, one you may need to know.”

298. “Listen, and you’ll hear a story being told, one you may need to know.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “Love someone and they’re yours forever, no matter how much time intervenes, that’s what Margaret Grey knew. The sky will always be blue; the wind will always rise up across the meadow and thread its way through the grass.”

299. “Love someone and they’re yours forever, no matter how much time intervenes, that’s what Margaret Grey knew. The sky will always be blue; the wind will always rise up across the meadow and thread its way through the grass.”

— Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman Quote: “He carried so much suffering that it radiated out in waves. Sorrow is like that: whenever a person runs, it comes after him; it leaves an endless trail of pain.”

300. “He carried so much suffering that it radiated out in waves. Sorrow is like that: whenever a person runs, it comes after him; it leaves an endless trail of pain.”

— Alice Hoffman

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