752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

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    Instead of going home, I drove to the library. To hell with human beings. I’d always felt safer with stories than with flesh and blood.

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    Just know that what’s done can be undone, but what’s undone can never again be.

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    She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse. There was something that come between Emily and other people, a white linen curtain, hazy. It made the world quieter and farther away, although occasionally she could see through to the other side.

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    She was so busy forgetting, she couldn’t take a single step into the future.

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    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.

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    Other people’s judgments were meaningless unless you allowed them to mean something.

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    I’m sticking with books. They never let you down and they don’t judge you.

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