752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

Witches are made, not born.

After a while, the characters I’m writing begin to feel real to me. That’s when I know I’m heading in the right direction.

The garden was burning, the air sparked with specks of flame as they say it will be in the World-to-Come when we walk beside the angels and have no fear of their illuminations or of their might.

You never know what you want or need until you are old, for old age is a mystery that is impossible to unwind until you step into its maze.

She is surrounded by stalks of dahlias, orange and yellow and pale red, with leaves so big you could write your life story on each one. She looks like a flower in the garden, just like her mother said.

It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn’t going anywhere, it wasn’t going to desert her now.

It’s not the lie that’s the problem; it’s the distance the lie forges between you.

They sat in the light of a lantern and drank cups of Courage Tea, a blend of currants, spices, and thyme, made for protection and healing, a mixture that needed to steep for a long time. It was an elixir that made it clear one should never hide who one was. That was the first step toward courage. In this way, magic began.

No one knows how to write a novel until it’s been written.