My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father. Author: Alice Hoffman Copy Quote More from Alice Hoffman “What did you see?' he asked then.Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what…” “She wishes nightmares were all that kept her awake. She cannot tell which distu…” “He'd already realized that he could not begin to understand the things men did;…” “We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.”