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Alice Hoffman is a renowned American contemporary novelist, born on March 16, 1952. Her works are known for their dreamlike narrative style and rich imagination, which have won her a large following among readers.

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Famous Alice Hoffman Quotes

“Love is what you make of it, and she had made it her undoing.”

Love Magic Heartache

Book:Magic Lessons

Source: Magic Lessons

“If you can't eat chocolate cake for breakfast, what is the point of being alive?”

Life Magic Food Chocolate Cake

Book:The Book of Magic

Source: The Book of Magic

“Books may very well be the only real magic.”

Magic Books

Author:Alice Hoffman

“When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves.”

Writing Character Seems Magic

Author: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.”

People Thinking Certain Given Dark Quality Magic Tradition Woods Landscape Realism Yankees Magic Realism Hawthorne Dark Woods

Author:Alice Hoffman

“What I like about fairy tales is the language and the matter-of-fact way of introducing magic, where it's accepted that a fox could talk or a gate could just appear in a wall. I think fairy tales are so psychological.”

Thinking Way Matter Facts Language Magic Wall Accepted Tales Psychological Fairy Gates Fairy Tale Introducing Foxes Matter Of Fact

Author:Alice Hoffman

“Books may well be the only true magic.”

Inspirational Wells May Book Kids Reading Magic Library

Author:Alice Hoffman

“There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”

Knows Certain Fall Left Magic Garden Luck Add Rose Plant Falling In Love Shoulders Gates Salt Potatoes Peppers Lavender Rosemary Mashed Potatoes

Book:Practical magic

Source: Practical magic

“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”

Girl Realizing Virtue Magic Normal France Aunt Darling Practical Magic

Author:Alice Hoffman

“Young Sally Owens: He will hear my call a mile away. He will whistle my favorite song. He can ride a pony backwards. Young Gillian Owens: What are you doing? Young Sally Owens: Summoning up a true love spell called Amas Veritas. He can flip pancakes in the air. He'll be marvelously kind. And his favorite shape will be a star. And he'll have one green eye and one blue. Young Gillian Owens: Thought you never wanted to fall in love. Young Sally Owens: That's the point. The guy I dreamed of doesn't exist. And if he doesn't exist I'll never die of a broken heart.”

“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.”

Way Kind Stories Eye Poor Written Magic Blue Medicine Folks Tales All Kinds Notebook Blue Eyes

Author:Alice Hoffman

About the Author

Born: March 16, 1952
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 312

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