752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

She didn't like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she'd been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all.

Some people know the exact moment when they've lost everything. They can look back and see it plain as day and for the life of them they can't understand why they didn't spot the situation as it was happening.

But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us from His will alone.

They may be nothing like you, he had written, they may surprise you, they may even repel you when their behavior is out of control, when they climb out their windows and drink underage and break every rule, but you will love them in a way you had not thought possible before, no matter who they turn out to be.

Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.

Love more, her aunt had said. Not less.

They were beautiful shells, as white as the surf in the sea. When you held one up to your ear you could hear the sound of your best friend talking to you, even if she was a thousand miles away.

Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

You can get addicted to trouble if you're not careful.