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Alice Hoffman quotes: What you are able to dream you are able to grow, she says to me. If you don't believe in it, it can never happen. What you are able to dream you are able to grow, she says to me. If you don't believe in it, it can never happen.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I wished to be forgiven. 'It was always so in the eyes of God,' Shirah told me. I wished to be forgiven. 'It was always so in the eyes of God,' Shirah told me.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I have wondered all my life what I am made of, if there is a straw inside of me, or a beating heart, or if I simply burned for all I have wondered all my life what I am made of, if there is a straw inside of me, or a beating heart, or if I simply burned for all I did not have.
Alice Hoffman quotes: He dusted the dough with cumin and coriander and salt before he slid the loaves into the oven on flat wooden boards. Perhaps most important, He dusted the dough with cumin and coriander and salt before he slid the loaves into the oven on flat wooden boards. Perhaps most important,
Alice Hoffman quotes: He could burn her up alive; he could do it in a minute flat, and that's not easy to forget. He could burn her up alive; he could do it in a minute flat, and that's not easy to forget.
Alice Hoffman quotes: He thought of Jesus as a great teacher, a rebel who refused to see the poor and disenfranchised mistreated. He thought of Jesus as a great teacher, a rebel who refused to see the poor and disenfranchised mistreated.
Alice Hoffman quotes: They say the truest beauty is in the harshest land and that God can be found there by those with open eyes. They say the truest beauty is in the harshest land and that God can be found there by those with open eyes.
Alice Hoffman quotes: History is personal, Gwen understands that now. All you are seeing is what's before you, the rest is guesswork. History is personal, Gwen understands that now. All you are seeing is what's before you, the rest is guesswork.
Alice Hoffman quotes: The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day. The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day.
Alice Hoffman quotes: No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time. No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time.
Alice Hoffman quotes: They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn't hurt as much. They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn't hurt as much.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Over the years I had grown attached to it, as men grow attached to their miseries and their burdens. Over the years I had grown attached to it, as men grow attached to their miseries and their burdens.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Well, maybe that was fate. Maybe she was meant to be alone. She was a runner, and wasn't that the habit of a person who preferred to be on her Well, maybe that was fate. Maybe she was meant to be alone. She was a runner, and wasn't that the habit of a person who preferred to be on her own?
Alice Hoffman quotes: Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul. Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by. Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I knew what happened in fairy tales. The strong survived while the weak were eaten alive. I knew what happened in fairy tales. The strong survived while the weak were eaten alive.
Alice Hoffman quotes: You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil. You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement. Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement.
Alice Hoffman quotes: That was when I came to understand that freaks of nature and ordinary people had no business being together. That was when I came to understand that freaks of nature and ordinary people had no business being together.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I can hurt myself more than anyone else can," she told her sister. "I can do it with my eyes closed. I can hurt myself more than anyone else can," she told her sister. "I can do it with my eyes closed.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them. Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.
Alice Hoffman quotes: My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage. - Aunt Frances My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage. - Aunt Frances
Alice Hoffman quotes: Do you think your mother came back?" Shelby asks him."Definitely. She's a cardinal who lives in my backyard. Do you think your mother came back?" Shelby asks him.
"Definitely. She's a cardinal who lives in my backyard.
Alice Hoffman quotes: And so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoons the whole wold smelled like pie. And so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoons the whole wold smelled like pie.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with. Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Love has nothing to do with time or space. Love has nothing to do with time or space.
Alice Hoffman quotes: You lose people sometimes, you know. You don't expect to, but then it happens and you can't get them back." We You lose people sometimes, you know. You don't expect to, but then it happens and you can't get them back." We
Alice Hoffman quotes: Don't cry while you are reading the book wait until you are done reading it. Don't cry while you are reading the book wait until you are done reading it.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Love wasn't rational; there was no proof that it even existed outside of people's imaginings. Love wasn't rational; there was no proof that it even existed outside of people's imaginings.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Everyone knows a white blackbird is nothing more than a ghost, a shadow of what it ought to be. Everyone knows a white blackbird is nothing more than a ghost, a shadow of what it ought to be.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Perhaps in the cold my heart would freeze and I would care nothing for those I was forced to abandon. Perhaps in the cold my heart would freeze and I would care nothing for those I was forced to abandon.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I would rather hurt myself than be hurt by someone else, and so I took up this practice with a sense of purpose and without remorse. I would rather hurt myself than be hurt by someone else, and so I took up this practice with a sense of purpose and without remorse.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I would have drowned without you to watch over me ... I now understand there are a thousand ways to drown, and a thousand ways to rescue someone. I would have drowned without you to watch over me ... I now understand there are a thousand ways to drown, and a thousand ways to rescue someone.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last. Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.
Alice Hoffman quotes: She begged for time to stop, for clocks to break, for every star to remain fixed. But none of that happened. She begged for time to stop, for clocks to break, for every star to remain fixed. But none of that happened.
Alice Hoffman quotes: (roses) each one shivering with cool silver light. (roses) each one shivering with cool silver light.
Alice Hoffman quotes: My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel. My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.
Alice Hoffman quotes: What did we know about those closest to us, really? No one ever dared to speak plainly about desire; no one said the word out loud. What did we know about those closest to us, really? No one ever dared to speak plainly about desire; no one said the word out loud.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Mean people are meaningless. Mean people are meaningless.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Every step I took hurt, I walked on daggers, on hot blue fire. Not holding him was like not breathing, not being quite alive. As Every step I took hurt, I walked on daggers, on hot blue fire. Not holding him was like not breathing, not being quite alive. As
Alice Hoffman quotes: Although my father had never been there, I came to believe I would someday see that city for him. Although my father had never been there, I came to believe I would someday see that city for him.
Alice Hoffman quotes: You will be amazed to find how easy it is to lie, even to those you love best. You will be amazed to find how easy it is to lie, even to those you love best.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Love is complicated, love can be hidden, love, above all else, is loyalty. Love is complicated, love can be hidden, love, above all else, is loyalty.
Alice Hoffman quotes: In a novel, you'll find yourself in a world of possibilities. You'll find shelter there. In a novel, you'll find yourself in a world of possibilities. You'll find shelter there.
Alice Hoffman quotes: You were the one who taught me that love was never what we expected it to be and that it was all that we needed. You were the one who taught me that love was never what we expected it to be and that it was all that we needed.
Alice Hoffman quotes: 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. 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.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question. I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question.
Alice Hoffman quotes: When a star reaches for you, it is difficult to look away. When a star reaches for you, it is difficult to look away.
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. 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 quotes: The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe. The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe.
Alice Hoffman quotes: love was never a regret. love was never a regret.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Don't worry, I'm not afraid of words. Don't worry, I'm not afraid of words.
Alice Hoffman quotes: It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found. It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Then let us be among those who hope that the future will be less cruel than the past. Then let us be among those who hope that the future will be less cruel than the past.
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. 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: The day had begun, cool and clear and absolutely impossible to avoid The day had begun, cool and clear and absolutely impossible to avoid
Alice Hoffman quotes: She wishes nightmares were all that kept her awake. She cannot tell which disturbs here more, the future or the past. She wishes nightmares were all that kept her awake. She cannot tell which disturbs here more, the future or the past.
Alice Hoffman quotes: You can get addicted to trouble if you're not careful. You can get addicted to trouble if you're not careful.
Alice Hoffman quotes: This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed. This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I wondered if all creatures were drawn to what was dangerous or if we merely wanted light at any cost and were willing to burn for our desires. I wondered if all creatures were drawn to what was dangerous or if we merely wanted light at any cost and were willing to burn for our desires.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I lived. I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I lived.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms. Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.
Alice Hoffman quotes: He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one. He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Sometimes movies really are the best medicine. Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.
Alice Hoffman quotes: hand, I felt empty. They hand, I felt empty. They
Alice Hoffman quotes: I never once stopped to consider that what you are given can also be taken away. I never once stopped to consider that what you are given can also be taken away.
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. 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: I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes act older than their age. I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes act older than their age.
Alice Hoffman quotes: My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all men and women enter the same garden. My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all men and women enter the same garden.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words. Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Love was never a mistake,even when it wasn't returned. Love was never a mistake,even when it wasn't returned.
Alice Hoffman quotes: She's beginning to wonder if perhaps she's haunting herself. She's beginning to wonder if perhaps she's haunting herself.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Ghosts are said to move in the corners of human sight. Ghosts are said to move in the corners of human sight.
Alice Hoffman quotes: They carried what was holy within them, for every man was a temple, and every prayer spoken could be heard by our Father above us. They carried what was holy within them, for every man was a temple, and every prayer spoken could be heard by our Father above us.
Alice Hoffman quotes: She had come to believe that if her father had wanted a docile daughter, he should never have allowed her access to the ocean. She had come to believe that if her father had wanted a docile daughter, he should never have allowed her access to the ocean.
Alice Hoffman quotes: You couldn't see love, or touch it, or taste it, yet it could destroy you and leave you in the dark, chasing after your own destiny. You couldn't see love, or touch it, or taste it, yet it could destroy you and leave you in the dark, chasing after your own destiny.
Alice Hoffman quotes: If anything, love was like light, illuminating what no one would have ever guessed was there in the darkness. If anything, love was like light, illuminating what no one would have ever guessed was there in the darkness.
Alice Hoffman quotes: In the human world you had to choose your loyalties carefully. You had to see through to someone's heart. In the human world you had to choose your loyalties carefully. You had to see through to someone's heart.
Alice Hoffman quotes: The priests were deferential, siding with Rome, and those who opposed them were said to be robbers and thugs, my father and his friends among The priests were deferential, siding with Rome, and those who opposed them were said to be robbers and thugs, my father and his friends among
Alice Hoffman quotes: I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back. I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Once you possess something others do not, you are a target for the wicked. Once you possess something others do not, you are a target for the wicked.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot. Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.
Alice Hoffman quotes: If a ghost were to consider climbing in the window, or seeping through the plaster, he might think twice about facing Maria. If a ghost were to consider climbing in the window, or seeping through the plaster, he might think twice about facing Maria.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for. I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.
Alice Hoffman quotes: ********** IF THE WOLFMAN had not disappeared from my life I would have made certain to question him further about ********** IF THE WOLFMAN had not disappeared from my life I would have made certain to question him further about
Alice Hoffman quotes: Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot. Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.
Alice Hoffman quotes: She said she wanted a man like that, someone who understood sorrow, not someone who caused it. She said she wanted a man like that, someone who understood sorrow, not someone who caused it.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I can't really work on more than one thing at a time. I can't really work on more than one thing at a time.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Nowadays, she doesn't even look in a mirror. She's afraid no one will be staring back at her. Nowadays, she doesn't even look in a mirror. She's afraid no one will be staring back at her.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done. Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.
Alice Hoffman quotes: We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal. We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.
Alice Hoffman quotes: You don't fight for peace sister,' Nahara told me, 'You embrace it. You don't fight for peace sister,' Nahara told me, 'You embrace it.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Men are men, with all their flaws, as we have ours, that's true, but the best among them manage to discover who we really are. Men are men, with all their flaws, as we have ours, that's true, but the best among them manage to discover who we really are.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Every time someone forgets, someone else disappears,' my brother wrote. Every time someone forgets, someone else disappears,' my brother wrote.
Alice Hoffman quotes: Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories. Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.
Alice Hoffman quotes: If she wanted to enter an otherworld, all she had to do was open a novel. If she wanted to enter an otherworld, all she had to do was open a novel.
Alice Hoffman quotes: She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future. She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future.
Alice Hoffman quotes: The only way to understand a river is to jump into it. The only way to understand a river is to jump into it.
Alice Hoffman quotes: I want the words you hold in your hand, lamplight in a jar. I want the words you hold in your hand, lamplight in a jar.
Alice Hoffman quotes: He still wanted to believe that people could survive their misfortunes. He believed that was all anyone had. He still wanted to believe that people could survive their misfortunes. He believed that was all anyone had.

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