752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks.

I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed to know was right there in a single bowl small enough to fit in the palm of one hand.

I'm thinking of reading something by chef Paul Prudhomme. It's a reading of all kinds of Southern literature.

Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait.

Some things, however, are true no matter how hard you might try to block them out, and a lie is always a lie, no matter how prettily told. Some doors, once they're opened, can never be closed again, just as some trust, once it's been lost, can never be won back.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do this

Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever.

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing