752 Quotes by Alice Hoffman

Love like this wasn’t what he’d planned or wanted or expected, surely it was indeed a trap, for even when you tried to run away, it followed you through the grass and lay down beside you, it overtook common sense and willpower.

When you help others, your own troubles aren’t as heavy. In fact, you can fold them like a handkerchief and place them in your pocket. They’re still there, but they’re not the only thing you carry.

The lonelier you are, the more you pull away, until humans seem an alien race, with customs and a language you can’t begin to understand.

All this kissing was making her crazy; it was reminding her of what she could feel, and how it could be when you wanted someone as much as he wanted you.

Love has nothing to do with time or space.

Perhaps in the cold my heart would freeze and I would care nothing for those I was forced to abandon.

It was easy to lie to people who still believed in the truth.

If we had no hurt and no sin to speak of, we’d be angels, and amgels can’t love the way men and women do.

Franny entwined her legs with his. She understood why ancient monsters were often made of two creatures, with two hearts and minds. There was strength in such a combination of opposites.