Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last. Auteur: Alice Hoffman Copy Quote More from Alice Hoffman “The evening had turned sweet and blue.” “I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where …” “That was the sorrow of it. He saw the light but never expected the darkness.” “Our house was littered with books- in the kitchen, under the beds, stuck betwee…”