“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.”
"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
Awareness
"Writers don’t choose their craft; they need to write in order to face the world."
- Alice Hoffman
Belief
"Books may well be the only true magic."
- Alice Hoffman
Inspiration
"The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep."
- Alice Hoffman
Connection to Earth
"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
Connection to Earth
"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"Worry is a misuse of imagination."
Awareness