A boy who is trouble is something entirely different as a man. Author: Alice Hoffman Copy Quote More from Alice Hoffman “She was partial to emeralds; she said they were the single thing that remained …” “He stepped off the pavement like a man jumping off a bridge, as calm as a swimm…” “Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as …” “Every time someone forgets, someone else disappears,' my brother wrote.”