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All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are
Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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The frightened walk away when love is difficult. I know that now. You have to be willing to give everything away. You have to be willing to end up with nothing. Only then will your heart be whole.
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I read Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, all of Shirley Jackson's books, which I loved.
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That was the way illness appeared in a house, in the corners, in between floorboards, on the hooks in the closet, along with the sweaters and coats.
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I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I’d be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.
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He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one.
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Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.
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Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.
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Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.
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We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.
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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.
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People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.
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What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn't believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing are unable to dream. But I was wrong.
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But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us from His will alone.
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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.
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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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I was beginning to understand.My grandmother's love was cold because she was afraid of thingsthat was why everything had to be perfect.
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It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn't going anywhere, it wasn't going to desert her now.
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Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.
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Love is worth the sum of itself, and nothing more.
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I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming.
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