Alice Hoffman

"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."

- Alice Hoffman

"I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes."

- Alice Hoffman

"Writers don’t choose their craft; they need to write in order to face the world."

- Alice Hoffman

"Books may well be the only true magic."

- Alice Hoffman

"The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep."

- Alice Hoffman

"Even as a small child, I understood that women had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity."

- Alice Hoffman

"Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity."

- Alice Hoffman