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"46 Alice Hoffman Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 16 March 1952 | Novelist | Writer |

Books may well be the only true magic.

Books May well True 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.

The moon Always jealous Heat The day
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When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always

I walk With you Where I go
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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.

Trouble Like love It comes Unannounced
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When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

The weather Love Two elements Can never
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Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

Pride Funny thing Truly worthless Appear
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The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

The weak Are cruel The strong No need
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You can be betrayed in your sleep. The whole world can tilt while you're dreaming of butterflies.

Be betrayed Your sleep Whole world Dreaming
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Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

Every problem Solution The outcome Originally
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Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

About luck It's good Bad Some perspective
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Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.

Riddle Love Everything It gives
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Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

Knows One thing For certain Never judge
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I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for

I dream A love Even time Lie down
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Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow.

Sometimes words Drew blood They cut Your tongue
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That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.

The joy Reading fiction The novel Belongs
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Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

People say Save yourself Your ways Be yourself
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Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.

Crying Riding A bike Quickly forget
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Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.

Some things Wish away Think Become part of
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Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were.

Some things They change Never Do return
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I knew what it was to yearn for a life so distant it seemed that it had never been anything more than a dream.

Knew what Yearn for A life So distant
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I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.

The point Going forward Easier than Going back
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Being human means losing everything we love best in the world,

Being human Losing everything Love best The world
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Love is worth the sum of itself, and nothing more.

Love Worth The sum Nothing more
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That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward.

You know Left childhood Behind You wish
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Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he'll love you forever isn't finished with you until he's done.

Unfinished business Comes back Haunt you Who swears
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You can never tell about a person by guessing,that's why language was invented.

Never tell A person By guessing Why language
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What men yearn for they often destroy.

What men Yearn for Often destroy
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Some stories stayed with you even when you wanted to forget them.

Some stories Stayed With you Wanted to
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We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.

We stood Watched God Abandoned us
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I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.

Must keep My head Give in Desire
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Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.
Who trusts Serpent Deserves It bite
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It was the sort of beauty you feel so deeply it becomes contagious and somehow makes you feel beautiful too.

Beauty So deeply Become contagious Makes you
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Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.

Some fates Are guaranteed No matter Who tries
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Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.

Women.know things Men Never know Best secrets
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Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones.

Some love Was guaranteed Fit Inside you
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You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be.

Only worthy You prove Yourself To be
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The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day.

The truth Frightens people Stable Every day
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Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.

Good fortunes Take forever Sorrow Quick
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People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.

People want Ignore Can't understand Looking for
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He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one.

In love People That condition Did stupid
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In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.

A world Sorrow Love An act
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It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

Not finding What's lost Understanding Found
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Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows.

Formed Walking life Our sorrows
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The more you feel, the stronger you are.

The more You feel Stronger
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This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

B human To know Time moved Things changed
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Love was like that, like a dream you didn't quite understand, one in which you didn't necessarily know what you were looking at until it was right in front of you.

Love A dream Quite understand Necessarily know
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Alice Hoffman Quotes & Sayings