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I have nothing from my childhood. I think you carry those books with you. It's like in [Ray] Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Books are outlawed in this future society so people become the book they love by memorizing it.
Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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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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She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.
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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.
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No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time.
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I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.
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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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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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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.
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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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This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell.
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The evening had turned sweet and blue.
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I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.
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But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it was power. The power to think my own thoughts. The power to believe in myself.
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Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.
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