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Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
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Let everyone see the blood,' he said. 'Don't clean it up. That's the only way people remember.'... I could see the blood inside my head. It was with me forever, whether or not I wanted to forget.
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Remember what I've told you. Remember me.
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That was the way love was, invisible, there whether or not you wanted to see it or admit to it.
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Only her death could prove her innocence a circle of impossible, deathly judgement.
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The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.
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You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.
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Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.
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In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.
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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.
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I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves or not.
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When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves.
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I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.'.
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Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside?
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No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written
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Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.
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After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction
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They weren't true stories they were better than that.
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I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.
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I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.
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A red map isn't easy to follow. Any document made of blood and bones is tricky. Wrong turns are easily made, and there are often piles of stones in the road. A person has to disregard time and sorrow and all the damage done. If you follow, if you dare, the thread always leads to whomever or whatever you've forgotten.
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