Alice Hoffman: Thing

“Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.”

“Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.”

“Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.”

“Here's the thing about luck… you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.”

“Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.”

“Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow.”

“Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.”

“Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.”

“Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.”

“I was beginning to understand. My grandmother's love was cold because she was afraid of things; that was why everything had to be perfect.”