Quotes from book
Practical Magic

Name: Practical Magic
Author: Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman

Practical Magic is a 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman. The book was adapted into a 1998 film of the same name.

“Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

Source: Practical Magic

“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 Magic

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“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 Magic

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

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“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.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“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.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“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”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“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 Magic

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“Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“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 Magic

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

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at your feet. Wear dark glasses; bathe with lavender oil and cool fresh water. Seek shelter from the sun at noon.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“Love is worth the sum of itself, and nothing more.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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“Holding a tear back makes them drain upward, higher and higher, until one day your head just explodes and you're left with a stub of a neck and nothing more.”

Alice Hoffman book Practical Magic

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