“ They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often make a noise that sounded quite human, as if greeting someone in his dreams.… Alice Hoffman
“ Sam said, Hey, you want to get high? Amy had taken his words to mean You are so beautiful I am undone by you. Alice Hoffman
“ It had made her too helpless, because that's what love did. There was no way around it and no way to fight it. Now if she lost, she lost everything. Alice Hoffman
“ She thinks of the way angels arrive, when you lease expect them, when the road is dark, when you're bleeding and alone and hopeless, when you're sleeping in a basement, convinced that no one knows you… Alice Hoffman
“ I only have one story now.The story was heroin. It was made out of sensation, not words; it was invisible and murderous and unstoppable. Sam disappeared from her slowly, like a snowman melting, until… Alice Hoffman
“ It was amazing how many colors there were, all running into the gutter in a stream: a dozen shades of blue, twenty different reds, and all that black soot, like a nightmare given form, the insides of… Alice Hoffman
“ Such was the case with most unhappy students; they avoided even one another, so intent on their own unhappiness they failed to notice the other lost souls around them. Alice Hoffman
“ Your sorrow will become smaller, like a star in the daylight that you can't even see. It's there, shining, but there is also a vast expanse of blue sky. Alice Hoffman
“ She has an eye for tragedy and sorrow. Show her a rose and she'll see only the wasp in the center of the bloom. Alice Hoffman
“ I knew what happened in fairy tales. The strong survived while the weak were eaten alive. Alice Hoffman
“ They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn't hurt as much. Alice Hoffman
“ In a novel, you'll find yourself in a world of possibilities. You'll find shelter there. Alice Hoffman
“ But I was not a mouse. In the fields where I walked, I was much more interested in the actions of the hawks. Alice Hoffman
“ I want the difficult stories, the ones that aren’t easy to believe, the twisted ones, the sorrowful ones, the ones that need telling most of all. Alice Hoffman
“ The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies to you and convinces you, it steals from you and leaves you without a singl… Alice Hoffman
“ 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
