Quotes About Alice Hoffman

They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and magic in women's stories are all kind of combined.

'The Dovekeepers' is a fantastic novel written by Alice Hoffman; it was a bestselling novel, and I fell in love with the book and bought the rights to it.

He spoke with a raven's voice, old and wise and far above the cruelty of the human race.

She'd bought a blue notebook in the pharmacy to write down her aunt's remedies. Star tulip to understand dreams, bee balm for a restful sleep, black mustard seed to repel nightmares, remedies that used essential oils of almond or apricot or myrrh from thorn trees in the desert. Two eggs, which must never be eaten, set under a bed to clean a tainted atmosphere. Vinegar as a cleansing bath. Garlic, salt, and rosemary, the ancient spell to cast away evil.

She has an eye for tragedy and sorrow.

Within such places, some of those on sale were considered more desirable if they possessed abnormalities, exactly what the Professor wished to find.

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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

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life

The stars are reflected from within the black water in the cistern. I find comfort in the omen I glean from this: light in the darkness, truth when it seems there is none.