Alice Hoffman: Likeness

“Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you've had a chance to reconsider, or even to think.”

“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.”

“Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.”

“Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were.
And what we remember.”

“She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.”

“You can never tell about a person by guessing… that's why language was invented. Otherwise, we'd all be like dogs, sniffing each other to find out where we stood.”

“Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.'…'Now we both have people we love who are like birds. They have flown far from anything in this world that can hurt them. They're flying away still.”

“Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones.”

“She didn't like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she'd been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all.”

“She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.”