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
art book helping
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help
ideas fairy-tale being-a-woman
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.
air dragons blood
She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.
abandoned
We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.
unrequited-love love-is blue
Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs.
men boys different
A boy who is trouble is something entirely different as a man.
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.
skins skin-and-bones bones
Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones.
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.
book breathing sigh
I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I lived.
men waiting maps
It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone who was alone — maybe even more alone — than I was…
people house soul
What people read revealed so much about them that she considered our card catalog a treasure house of privileged secrets; each card contained the map of an individual’s soul.
loyalty dream dog
They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often make a noise that sounded quite human, as if greeting someone in his dreams. At first it seemed that he believed Sara would return, but as the years went by I understood that his loyalty asked for no reward, and that love comes in unexpected forms. His wish was small, as hers had been -- merely to be beside her. As for me, I already knew I would never get what I wanted.