No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time. Alice Hoffman More Quotes by Alice Hoffman More Quotes From Alice Hoffman Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task. Alice Hoffman warrior prayer heart He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in disappointments reversed and luck that lasted. Alice Hoffman disappointment dream people At midnight the wind in the tress can sound like the ocean. The moonlight can make a road appear as endless as the sea. Alice Hoffman ocean sea wind Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen. Alice Hoffman sacrifice prayer needs I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown. Alice Hoffman causes desire giving Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms. Alice Hoffman arms certain judging We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could. Alice Hoffman abandoned I loved him even now, as he took a knife to my throat, as I drowned in blood, as I whispered "Cousin, you were wrong. We were born to live. Alice Hoffman cousin knives blood I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life Alice Hoffman real love-is thinking He'd thought he was lost, but now he recognized that eternity was around him, like salt from a shaker or stars in the sky. Alice Hoffman salt stars sky Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement. Alice Hoffman innocence judgement circles My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel. Alice Hoffman cold grief speak I didn’t want to be prideful anymore. I wanted to be as hard as and brittle as the stones I carted into the woods. Stones that could not feel or cry or see. I wished not to feel anything at all. In no time, what I wished for, I became. Alice Hoffman woods stones want Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow. Alice Hoffman tongue cutting blood Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears. Alice Hoffman unspoken disappear mean He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one. Alice Hoffman flawed stupid people If I hadn't learned my lesson, I would have wished we could stay there forever. But I knew better now. We'd seen what we'd come to see. The way to trick death. Breathe in. Breathe out. Watch as it all rises upwards, black and blue into the even bluer sky. Alice Hoffman forever sky blue You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil. Alice Hoffman ridiculous evil arguing Jill told me that when you're really in love, you know right away. I'm not exactly sure how this happens. Is it like a flash of lightning? Like an angel tapping you on the shoulder? Or is it similar to choosing a puppy? You think you're picking the cutest one, but really you wind up going home with the one who keeps insisting on climbing into your lap. Alice Hoffman angel love-you home It wasn't right to have someone charge into you your world without even asking, acting as if you were nothing more than an egg to be flipped and flopped, sunny-side up or scrambled, depending on the whims on whoever ran your life..._ Alice Hoffman eggs acting asking
