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“You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.”

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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. more

“Abra DeMadrigal didn't look young enough to be my sister anymore. Her sorrow weighed her down and aged her. She was still beautiful, but she looked very far away. No wonder our people had raven eyes, so distant, so sad. No matter how wise she was, my mother looked like a woman who hadn't truely believed how much evil there was in our world. Not until this moment.”

People World Looks Stills Matter Enough Moments Eye Beautiful Young Mother Evil Wonder Wise Sorrow Down And Our World My Sister Far Away Ravens So Sad Abra

Author:Alice Hoffman

“My grandmother was overwhelmed by what was happening to us. She ahd moved back into the past because the here and the now was too terrible.”

Past Terrible Happenings Moved Grandmother My Grandmother Overwhelmed

Author:Alice Hoffman

“And then I understood that she had no idea what she'd done to my family. She thought love and hatred were equal.”

Ideas Done Equal Understood My Family Hatred No Idea Hatred And Love

Book:Incantation

Source: Incantation

“For half of the world's population, roughly three billion people around the world living on less than two dollars a day, an election is at best a means, not an end; a starting point, not deliverance. These people are looking less for an "electocracy" than for the basic elements that for most of us define a decent life--food, shelter, electricity, basic health care, education for their children, and the ability to make their way through life without having to endure corruption, violence, or arbitrary power.”

Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“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.”

People Needs Said Stills Ends Young Lying Fighting Lost Left Secret Too Much Goes On Battle Protect Sick Supposed To Be Posts Champion Coward Tied Erase

Author:Alice Hoffman

“We had to survive to remember. Otherwise everything we were would disappear. Those people we loved would fade as though we'd never loved them, as if they'd never walked and talked and burned, forgetting them was the real evil. That was the hole of darkness.”

People Ifs Real Remember Evil Forget Darkness Disappear Holes Fades Burned

Book:Incantation

Source: Incantation

“Hello again, violinist,' he said in a hoarse voice. 'Fancy meeting you here.”

Said Voice Meetings Fancy Hello Violinist Hoarse Voice

Author:Regina Doman

“Everything we knew condemned us, and our questioning condemned us most of all. Knowledge was the way of our people, and knowledge was dangerous. It was the first thing that freed you and the thing that put you in peril. It was the key to the ten gates. I saw them clearly now, each and every one, the gates that were there for me. Ashes, Bones, Grass, Heart, Stone, Love, Sorrow, Blood, Earth, Sky.”

People Way Firsts Heart Earth Saws Blood Sky Dangerous Keys Sorrow Ten Stones Bones Grass Gates Questioning Ashes Peril Sorrow Love

Author:Alice Hoffman

“We don't look at each other anymore. Not really. Not since I pulled him from that opium den. Now when I look at him, I see the addict. And when he looks at me, he sees what he would rather not remember. I wish I could be his adored little girl again, sitting at his side.”

Looks Littles Remember Girl Wish Sides Sitting Look At Me Addict Opium Dens

Book:The Sweet Far Thing

Source: The Sweet Far Thing

“No person has ever held all the power. There must be a balance between chaos and order, dark and light. With the Temple magic bound to you, the realms are no longer in balance. The power could change you... and you could change the magic.”

Persons Light Order Dark Magic Balance Chaos Bounds Realms Temples

Book:The Sweet Far Thing

Source: The Sweet Far Thing

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