Quotes by Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman

…and so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoons the whole wold smelled like pie.

Afternoon

Pie

Village

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…but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not.

Crime

Pretending

Worst

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…he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he’d have to be the one to let go.” From Alice Hoffman’s “Local Girls”, pg.102.

Girl

Hands

Letting Go

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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.

Blood

Done

Sorrow

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Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don’t think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year.

Stars

Summer

Thinking

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Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words.

Way

World

Would Be

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Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man’s heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.

Heart

Prayer

Warrior

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Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by

Waiting

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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.

Ocean

Sea

Wind

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Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.

Common

Individuality

Outsiders

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