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Alice Hoffman quotes about people

American Author March 16, 1952

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Alice Hoffman quote: "But try as you might to protect people from danger, you cannot..."
But try as you might to protect people from danger, you cannot keep them from their true nature. Alice Hoffman
I thought you were supposed to be the champion of your people,' I said.I live because I need to do that. For anyone who is left.'Don't you see? No one will be left. Protect them now or there will be no one to protect!' This is a battle that goes on and on. It never ends. You're too young to understand.No! You're too much of a coward to fight.'I was sick of lies and secrets and of battles so old we had to erase who we were to fight back. And still we lost. Still we were tied to posts. Alice Hoffman
You had to wonder who all these people in their cars were leaving behind and who they were driving toward, and if they knew that in the distance, the echo of their tires on the asphalt sounded like a river, and that to someone like me, it could seem like the miracle I'd been looking for. Alice Hoffman
In the last few months, she'd had a lot of time to consider the state of mankind, and she'd decided that people actually had very few choices in their lives. Most things happened to you. Most things rolled right over you and then kept on going. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "she wonders if she has something other people don't. ..."
...she wonders if she has something other people don't. Intuition or hope -- she wouldn't know what to call it. Alice Hoffman
Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree. Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman quote: "People all over town had listened for my grandfather's cries,..."
People all over town had listened for my grandfather's cries, but there were none. Only silence. Alice Hoffman
Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods. Alice Hoffman
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
People in the courtroom let loose with their disgust, cursing us, d--ning us, we who had become less than human. Marranos. Pigs. As for me, I felt something rise in my throat: the horror of the world of men. Alice Hoffman
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
Alice Hoffman quote: "Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they..."
Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? Alice Hoffman

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