34 Quotes by Beth Hoffman

You can’t see the whole sky from one window.

It’s what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.

A cool breeze lifted the hem of my nightgown. The birds began to chirp and sing and the first sparks of sunlight brought the dew drops to life... When my fingers touched the back door, something inside me shifted – I could actually feel it. I knew Mrs. Odell was right. I felt the flutter of a page turn deep within me as a chapter in my Life Book came to a close.

Friday is a purple-velvet-sofa day for some poor woman who’s finally reclaimed her life. A purple velvet sofa is a gal’s symbol of freedom.

She wore her sadness on the outside, like a heavy winter coat.

I loved this time of night, how everything softened and lost the hard edges of day, and how, if the wind moved just right, the live oaks would murmur tender green words across the shadowy lawn. Sitting with a book in the warm circle of light from the table lamp had become my favorite way to end the day.

Murdering anything is just plain criminal, but a Southerner murdering a magnolia? Well, that’s an unforgivable sacrilege against nautre and the South.

Northerners are exactly like their weather – cold and boring. And I swear, none of them has one iota of etiquette or propriety.

If you allow things like this to ruin your day, pretty soon you’ll wake up and your life will be nothing but an endless string of ruined days that stretch as far back as you can remember.” She turned toward the window, her profile soft and blurred in the afternoon light. “Believe me, if you let disappointments take you too far, you’ll end up getting lost. You’ll never find your way out of it.