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
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We're helping the survivors of Katrina, having our voices heard, and it's a great way to take back Sept. 11.
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I'm thinking of reading something by chef Paul Prudhomme. It's a reading of all kinds of Southern literature.
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When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.
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I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming.
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Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.
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Love ambushed you, it lay in wait, dormant for days or years. It was the red thread, the peach stone, the kiss, the forgiveness. It came after you, it escaped you, it was invisible, it was everything.
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That was the way illness appeared in a house, in the corners, in between floorboards, on the hooks in the closet, along with the sweaters and coats.
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It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.
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You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be.
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...but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not.
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Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.
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Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.
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