In no time the perennial borders were thick with rosy-pink foxglove and cream-colored lilies, each of which hung like a pendant, collecting dew on its satiny petals.
Alice Hoffman...(roses) each one shivering with cool silver light.
Alice Hoffman...a pretty little minnow...cool as rain, blue as heaven...
Alice HoffmanThere 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.
Alice HoffmanTags: love magic superstition lavender rosemary salt
Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.
Alice HoffmanTags: life
The silver trout were so numerous that if every one had turned into a star, the river would have been shining with light; a man out on a skiff would then be able to find his way past Hamilton, all the way into Boston, guided by a shimmering band of water.
Alice HoffmanIf every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face.
My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness.
I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.
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Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.
Alice HoffmanHere's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.
Alice HoffmanTags: luck
It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.
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