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34 quotes by Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1996 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.
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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.... →

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Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then... →

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The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her -... →

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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... →

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I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time... →

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The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe.

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After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.

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Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head.

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I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

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I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them.

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All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who... →

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You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do... →

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I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most... →

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