752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

Jill told me that when you're really in love, you know right away. I'm not exactly sure how this happens. Is it like a flash of lightning? Like an angel tapping you on the shoulder? Or is it similar to choosing a puppy? You think you're picking the cutest one, but really you wind up going home with the one who keeps insisting on climbing into your lap.

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.

Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

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.

We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.

Being human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else?

A boy who is trouble is something entirely different as a man.

Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside?