Famous Alice Hoffman Quotes

  • It had made her too helpless, because that’s what love did. There was no way around it and no way to fight it. Now if she lost, she lost everything. – Alice Hoffman

    It had made her too helpless, because that’s what love did. There was no way around it and no way to fight it. Now if she lost, she lost everything.– Alice Hoffman

  • The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world. – Alice Hoffman

    The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world.– Alice Hoffman

  • I wrote Seventh Heaven for my mother who I miss eve – Alice Hoffman

    I wrote Seventh Heaven for my mother who I miss eve– Alice Hoffman

  • There seemed to be handfuls of stars tossed right above the rooftops in Haddan, keeping the town still alight at midnight. – Alice Hoffman

    There seemed to be handfuls of stars tossed right above the rooftops in Haddan, keeping the town still alight at midnight.– Alice Hoffman

  • You want to know what love is? Its the thing that ruins you. – Alice Hoffman

    You want to know what love is? Its the thing that ruins you.– Alice Hoffman

  • They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn’t hurt as much. – Alice Hoffman

    They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn’t hurt as much.– Alice Hoffman

  • In a novel, you’ll find yourself in a world of possibilities. You’ll find shelter there. – Alice Hoffman

    In a novel, you’ll find yourself in a world of possibilities. You’ll find shelter there.– Alice Hoffman

  • Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen. – Alice Hoffman

    Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen.– Alice Hoffman

  • Feelings are best left concealed. They can bite you if you’re not careful. They can eat you alive. – Alice Hoffman

    Feelings are best left concealed. They can bite you if you’re not careful. They can eat you alive.– Alice Hoffman

  • I understood that fate could not be eluded forever; it came on leathery wings, swooping through the darkness like the bats in the orchards. – Alice Hoffman

    I understood that fate could not be eluded forever; it came on leathery wings, swooping through the darkness like the bats in the orchards.– Alice Hoffman