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Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help
Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.
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Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.
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Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.
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I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death.
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I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.' They both seem to be threads in the same cloth as far as I'm concerned.
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The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe
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Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.
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I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist
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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
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Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.
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You have to choose the voice you are going to trust. You can't listen to everyone.
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I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us
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The more you feel, the stronger you are.
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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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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 don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working
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At midnight the wind in the tress can sound like the ocean. The moonlight can make a road appear as endless as the sea.
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