“Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.”Alice Hoffman book Practical MagicSource: Practical Magic
“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.”Alice Hoffman book Practical MagicSource: Practical Magic
“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.”Alice Hoffman book Practical MagicSource: Practical Magic
“Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.”Alice Hoffman book The Ice QueenSource: The Ice Queen
“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.”Alice Hoffman Source: Incantation
“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.”Alice Hoffman book Here on EarthSource: Here on Earth
“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.”Alice Hoffman book Practical MagicSource: Practical Magic
“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.”Alice Hoffman Source: Incantation
“Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones.”Alice Hoffman The Story SistersSource: The Story Sisters
“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.”Alice Hoffman The Story SistersSource: The Story Sisters
“She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.”Alice Hoffman Source: The Red Garden