752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

A woman who acts as if she knows what she's doing gets what she wants.

It was a small ceremony at the town hall, and they didn't exchange wedding rings, but they kissed for so long at the counter in the hall of records that they were asked to leave.

Someone killed himself because of me once, Meredith said.People kill themselves because of what's inside of them, not because of other people.

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.

But in battle you cannot tell another when it is his time to enter the World-to-Come, nor is it possible to keep any man in this world when he wishes to leave it behind.

Such was the case with most unhappy students; they avoided even one another, so intent on their own unhappiness they failed to notice the other lost souls around them.

If people aren't there for you now, when you really need them, they never will be, and it's time to move on. You'll be amazed by how many new friends you have in the after. They'll be the ones who aren't afraid of sorrow, who know we can't avoid it. The best we can do is face it together.

People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.

I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.