My theory is that everyone at one time or another has been at the fringe of society in some way: an outcast in high school, a stranger in a foreign country, the best at something, the worst at something, the one who's different. Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.

Alice Hoffman

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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.

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The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be. by Alice Hoffman

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

strong weak needs

Some things, however, are true no matter how hard you might try t... by Alice Hoffman

Some things, however, are true no matter how hard you might try to block them out,

block doors lying

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden t... by Alice Hoffman

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

burden given knows

Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

may inspirational life

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and a... by Alice Hoffman

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

changed humans all-things

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, '... by Alice Hoffman

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

being-yourself soul people

Books may well be the only true magic. by Alice Hoffman

Books may well be the only true magic.

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Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right di... by Alice Hoffman

Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

shelves feels book

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and do... by Alice Hoffman

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

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.

real writing inspirational

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

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

moving-on novelists moving-forward

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

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

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.

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