Alice Hoffman Professions : Novelist Born : March 16, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 252 quotes by Alice Hoffman Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going. Alice Hoffman arms love-is fall The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be. Alice Hoffman strong weak needs Some things, however, are true no matter how hard you might try to block them out, Alice Hoffman block doors lying Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away. Alice Hoffman burden given knows Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected. Alice Hoffman may inspirational life This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed. Alice Hoffman changed humans all-things Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul. Alice Hoffman being-yourself soul people Books may well be the only true magic. Alice Hoffman reading inspirational book Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction. Alice Hoffman running sometimes mean No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way. Alice Hoffman childhood persons way My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances Alice Hoffman aunt magic girl All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are Alice Hoffman dream character book My grandmother told me once that when you lose somebody you think you've lost the whole world as well, but that's not the way things turn out in the end. Eventually, you pick yourself up and look out the window, and once you do you see everything that was there before the world ended is out there still. There are the same apple trees and the same songbirds, and over our heads, the very same sky that shines like heaven, so far above us we can never hope to reach such heights. Alice Hoffman grandmother sky thinking Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen. Alice Hoffman silent speech silence I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves or not. Alice Hoffman shelves feels book Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with. Alice Hoffman done feels sometimes I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible. Alice Hoffman real writing inspirational I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back. Alice Hoffman moving-on novelists moving-forward When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always. Alice Hoffman walks When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves. Alice Hoffman magic writing character Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
