Alice Hoffman citations

“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.”

“You can be betrayed in your sleep. The whole world can tilt while you're dreaming of butterflies.”

“The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world.”

“That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward.”

“I can hurt myself more than anyone else can," she told her sister. "I can do it with my eyes closed.”

“Books may well be the only true magic.”

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”

“It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.”

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances”

“The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.”

“When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.”

“Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.”

“People hide their truest nature. I understood that; I even applauded it. What sort of world would it be if people bled all over the sidewalks, if they wept under trees, smacked whomever they despised, kissed strangers, revealed themselves?”

“… he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go."

From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102.”

“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.”

“When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.”

“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.”

“Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.”

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

“The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.”

“Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.”

“My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.”

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

“I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.”

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

“Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.”

“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.”