Alice Hoffman Short Quotes

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No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time.

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I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.

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When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.

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Some stories stayed with you even when you wanted to forget them.

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It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

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Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.

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You don't fight for peace sister,' Nahara told me, 'You embrace it.

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Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.

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But now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not.

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Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.

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You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.

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Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

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

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We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.

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

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Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.

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Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.

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Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows.

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This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

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

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Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement.

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He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find.

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Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.

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He had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go.

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That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward.

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People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.

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I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.

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I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

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In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.

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My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.

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