English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Alice Hoffman Quotes

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

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Tennessee Williams quote: "Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when..."
Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. Tennessee Williams
I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly. Cate Blanchett
We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world. Marcel Proust
Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down. Mitch Hedberg
Kim Stanley Robinson quote: "What we need is equality without conformity."
What we need is equality without conformity. Kim Stanley Robinson
Alva Myrdal quote: "I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of..."
I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy. Alva Myrdal
The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs. Gordon Parks
Margaret Smith quote: "Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps..."
Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty. Margaret Smith
The novel as a form is usually seen to be moral if its readers consider freedom, individuality, democracy, privacy, social connection, tolerance and hope to be morally good, but it is not considered moral if the highest values of a society are adherence to rules and traditional mores, the maintenance of hierarchical relationships, and absolute ideas of right and wrong. Any society based on the latter will find novels inherently immoral and subversive. Jane Smiley
Navjot Singh Sidhu quote: "One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six."
One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six. Navjot Singh Sidhu
Emilie Autumn quote: "You're so easy to read but the book is boring me."
You're so easy to read but the book is boring me. Emilie Autumn
Oscar Hammerstein II quote: "Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star."
Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star. Oscar Hammerstein II
George Bernard Shaw quote: "A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes..."
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. George Bernard Shaw
Richard M. Nixon quote: "I let the American people down."
I let the American people down. Richard M. Nixon
The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever. Ben Gibbard