752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

You want me to lie to you?" said McKay. I shrugged. Why not? I didn't mind lies.

But children can tell when love has been lost, they know when silence means peace and when it's a sign of despair.

In a novel, you'll find yourself in a world of possibilities. You'll find shelter there.

In Berlin evil came to them slowly and then all at once.

What was a demon but a lost soul, one that had been forced to use his skills to survive.

Demons were said to be cruel, but a demon would never have been so brutal as this. A demon merely called you by name, threw his arms around you, whispered his plight, understood yours, then took you for his own.

She had a solemn expression as she asked if, in his opinion as a doctor, he had come to the conclusion that all living things had souls. ......If a soul was formed by meaning and purpose, did not every blade of grass have a soul, for each had a purpose.

She had the feeling that if she went home, she might never get away. She thought of birds caught in nets. There was something inside her, beating against her ribs, urging her to do things she might not otherwise attempt. She had the strongest desire to get lost.

Shut up and do not think. All the theorists agree: shut up and keep the words from being said. And all of the scars will remain invisible; and all of the scars will remain under the skin. Where they belong.