“ Although she'd never believe it, those lines in Gillian's face are the most beautiful part about her. They reveal what she's gone through and what she's survived and who exactly she is, deep inside. Alice Hoffman
“ Feelings are best left concealed. They can bite you if you're not careful. They can eat you alive. Alice Hoffman
“ That just goes to show that you never can tell about a person by guessing," Frances informs her niece. "That's why language was invented. Otherwise, we'd all be like dogs, sniffing each other to find… Alice Hoffman
“ I cast myself at him, like a fool, but he didn't see me. And then one day he noticed I was beautiful and he wanted me. He broke me off and took me with him, in his hands, and I didn't care that I was… Alice Hoffman
“ I understood that fate could not be eluded forever; it came on leathery wings, swooping through the darkness like the bats in the orchards. Alice Hoffman
“ 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
“ He knew even at an early age of seven, how dangerous it was for someone like him to have hope. He knows how to have no expectations. He can completely control not just what he wants, but what he needs Alice Hoffman
“ What was a rose but the living proof of desire, the single best evidence of human longing and earthly devotion. but desire could be twisted,after all, and Jealousy was the name of the rose that did we… Alice Hoffman
“ I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown. Alice Hoffman
“ Someone killed himself because of me once, Meredith said.People kill themselves because of what's inside of them, not because of other people. Alice Hoffman
“ We can offer women what they want most of all, cures for the most common ailments of this world... When children are ailing or babies refuse to be born, when men are unfaithful, when the sky is empty… Alice Hoffman
“ The most glorious hour in Manhattan was when twilight fell in sheets across the Great Lawn. Bands of blue turned darker by the moment as the last of the pale light filtered through the boughs of cherr… Alice Hoffman
“ Blue must be worn for protection. Moonstones were useful in connecting with the living, topaz to contact the dead. Copper, sacred to Venus, will call a man to you, and black tourmaline will eliminate… Alice Hoffman
“ She’d bought a blue notebook in the pharmacy to write down her aunt’s remedies. Star tulip to understand dreams, bee balm for a restful sleep, black mustard seed to repel nightmares, remedies that use… Alice Hoffman
“ I knew what it was to yearn for a life so distant it seemed that it had never been anything more than a dream. Alice Hoffman
“ 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
“ Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected. Alice Hoffman
“ Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of the species. Alice Hoffman
“ I KNEW I MUST do all as I was told, yet something burned inside me, a seed of defiance that must have derived from a long-ago ancestor. Perhaps my mind was inflamed from the books I had read and the w… Alice Hoffman
“ My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel. Alice Hoffman
