Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffmanis an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth16 March 1952
CountryUnited States of America
pain men want
He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find.
wise may serpent
Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.
life mean losing-everything
Being human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else?
abandoned
We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.
together speak easy
The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood.
night certain lost
Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.
stupid color kingdoms
How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was worth kingdoms.
unrequited-love love-is blue
Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs.
wise loyalty real
I could hardly get a boy to look at me. All right, they'd look, they'd even take me out, but no one asked for a second date. I was too nasty, a real wise guy, and all the boys could tell what my rotten disposition was. Deep down, I wanted a commitment with a capital C. To get anywhere with me, a boy would have to sign his undying loyalty with his own blood.
love-you men unfinished-business
Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he'll love you forever isn't finished with you until he's done.
way best-way dies
The best way to die is when your living
twelve felt
She didn't like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she'd been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all.
eggs acting asking
It wasn't right to have someone charge into you your world without even asking, acting as if you were nothing more than an egg to be flipped and flopped, sunny-side up or scrambled, depending on the whims on whoever ran your life..._
stories forget wanted
Some stories stayed with you even when you wanted to forget them.