“ ... the past was what we carried with us, threaded to the future, and we decided whether to keep it close or let it go. Alice Hoffman
“ I saw this was the way of the future, to leave the past behind as if it were a dream. Alice Hoffman
“ Every man engaged in war tells himself he can alter what has been written, that it is he, not God, who is the maker of destiny, free to change what is meant to be. Alice Hoffman
“ ...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go."From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102. Alice Hoffman
“ There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant ro… Alice Hoffman
“ Although my father had never been there, I came to believe I would someday see that city for him. Alice Hoffman
“ ...and so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoons the whole wold smelled like pie. Alice Hoffman
“ [Eddie] wondered if every criminal saw himself as the hero of his own story and if every thankless son was convinced he'd been mistreated by his father. Alice Hoffman
“ For six months I did what women do: I waited. This is what women are taught to be good at. It's said that a woman's life is merely preparation for the primal nine-month wait. Whatever the reason, they… Alice Hoffman
“ Do people choose the art that inspires them — do they think it over, decide they might prefer the fabulous to the real? For me, it was those early readings of fairy tales that made me who I was as a r… Alice Hoffman
“ I thought he knew me better than most...Then one nigh Jack brought me flowers, a handful of fading daisies he'd picked up at a farm stand, but flowers all the same. That was the end; that was how he r… Alice Hoffman
“ I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question. Alice Hoffman
“ Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective. Alice Hoffman
“ Demons were said to be cruel, but a demon would never have been so brutal as this. A demon merely called you by name, threw his arms around you, whispered his plight, understood yours, then took you f… Alice Hoffman
“ What was a demon but a lost soul, one that had been forced to use his skills to survive. Alice Hoffman
“ I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming. Alice Hoffman
