“Writers don’t choose their craft; they need to write in order to face the world.”
"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
Awareness
"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
"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
"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
- Buddha
Belief
"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."
- Might Guy
Belief
"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."
- Josephus Daniels
Belief