Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away. Author: Alice Hoffman Copy Quote More from Alice Hoffman “There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always th…” “Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps i…” “She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills …” “...make you want things you hadn't even known existed.”