I loved him even now, as he took a knife to my throat, as I drowned in blood, as I whispered "Cousin, you were wrong. We were born to live.

Alice Hoffman
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  2. The results of knowledge without application results in nothing at all. Do what you know better to do. - DeWayne Owens

  3. ...an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works. - Gabrielle Zevin

  4. I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn't need to hide behind her husband's back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with... - C. Joybell C.

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More Quotes By Alice Hoffman
  1. There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.

  2. Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.

  3. When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

  4. When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.

  5. ...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go." From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102.

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