“I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.'.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsSaidSecretHorribleSpokesTherapistsHorrible Things Author:Alice Hoffman
“Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.” MaySaidStreetsSweetGardenGreenFilledDutchMain StreetLilacPeonies Book:The River King Source: The River King
“That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.” SaidDoneJoyReadingImaginationFictionNovelReaderSaid And DoneJoy Of ReadingReading Fiction Author:Alice Hoffman
“Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.” PeopleIfsLooksSaidMotherFortuneOwnersBad Fortune Book:Incantation Source: Incantation
“Let everyone see the blood,' he said. 'Don't clean it up. That's the only way people remember.'... I could see the blood inside my head. It was with me forever, whether or not I wanted to forget.” PeopleWaySaidWantedRememberForgetForeverBloodClean Author:Alice Hoffman
“I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.” IfsKnowsFeelsHeartPersonsMadeSaidMatterMomentsMotherLostImagineWho You AreShiver Book:Incantation Source: Incantation
“Maybe a hundred years ago our people should have run away from this place, I said... And then run from the next place and the next place and the place after that? You run once, what makes you think you won't have to run all the rest of your life?... We love moment to moment... Everything changes. One minute we are part of the river, and the next we are joined with the sea.” PeopleThinkingShouldYearsSaidMomentsRunningNextSeaMinutesHundredYears AgoRiversShould HaveRunning AwayRest Of Your LifeMake You ThinkOne Minute Author: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.” PeopleNeedsSaidStillsEndsYoungLyingFightingLostLeftSecretToo MuchGoes OnBattleProtectSickSupposed To BePostsChampionCowardTiedErase Author:Alice Hoffman
“When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.” LoveSaidTwoDoneElementsAnd LoveWeatherSaid And Done Author:Alice Hoffman
“What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn't believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing are unable to dream. But I was wrong.” PeopleBelieveSaidDreamGrows Book:Green Witch Source: Green Witch
“Before she realized he was next to her, he had placed his hands over hers on the countertop, then hooped his fingers through hers. Gretel looked up at him, so startled she might as well have been shot. 'I just wanted to wake you up', he said. Which is exactly what he did. One look at him and her heart was racing. One look, and whatever had been before was all over.” WellsLooksHeartHas BeensSaidHandsMightWantedNextShotsFingersRacingWakes YouHim And Her Author:Alice Hoffman
“Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.” NeedsSaidHappensCertainPrayerSacrificePayment Book:Local Girls Source: Local Girls
“Love was like rain: it turned into ice, or it disappeared. Now you saw it, now you couldn't find it no matter how hard you might search. Love evaporated; obsession was realer; it hurt, like a pin in your bottom, a stone in your shoe. It didn't go away in the blink of an eye. A morning phone call filled with regret. A letter that said, Dear you, good-bye from me. Obsession tasted like something familiar. Something you'd known your whole life. It settled and lurked; it stayed with you.” HeartSaidMatterHardWholeMightEyeHurtKnownMorningSawsRegretBrokenRainStonesLettersFilledBottomShoesDearPhonesWhole LifeFamiliarObsessionIceBroken HeartGoing AwayIt HurtsPinsLike SomethingByePhone CallsGood ByeBlinkBlink Of An EyeSearching For Love Author:Alice Hoffman
