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Alice Hoffman quotes

American Author March 16, 1952

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Like the rabbi with the red circle, she should have said "no" to everything. She should have become a raven. She didn't understand that every word the judge said was a trap, in that every word she said could easily be a stone used to shut her into that trap. Alice Hoffman
Fuck you? Sally says. She tosses the words off, easy as butter in her mouth, but in fact she doesn't think she's ever cursed out loud in her own house before. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be."
The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt..."
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
Alice Hoffman quote: "He must be an idiot to feel this way, but there's nothing he..."
He must be an idiot to feel this way, but there's nothing he can do. He doesn't even know if he can manage to speak. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie..."
It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. Alice Hoffman
A visitor to campus can find sweet, aromatic Properity, as well as Climbing Ophelia and those delicious Egyptian Roses, which give off the scent of cloves on rainy days, ensuring that a gardener's hands will smell sweet for hours after pruning the canes. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do..."
Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot. Alice Hoffman
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
Alice Hoffman quote: "Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly..."
Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and..."
Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with. Alice Hoffman
What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the man on the table might disagree. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become..."
Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them. Alice Hoffman
I knelt by the fire to make certain there were no burning embers left. That was when I spied the tracks of a lion. There were only a few such beasts left in the desert, but one had come here, answering my call. He had been there all the while, watching over me, before he left me at last. Alice Hoffman
It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world. Alice Hoffman

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