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The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2) QUOTES

The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2) QUOTES

1 " Who can you trust if not your sister? Who knows your story better than she? If you saw one Owens sister at the grocery, the other would be right beside her. If one was working in the garden, making certain the rows of herbs were weeded, her sister would be there as well, carrying a basket to collect the dandelion greens. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

2 " Time is out there. Everything that ever happened is still happening. For instance, if I took your hand in mine.” Which he did as he was speaking. “It would be happening for hundreds of years. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

3 " To be young and alive was a glorious thing. When you possessed it, you were likely unable to fully comprehend that it was a marvel and a gift, no matter your circumstances. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

4 " Tonight the special was chicken pot pie, but most of the regulars were concentrating on whiskey. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

5 " Some stories begin at the beginning and others begin at the end, but all the best stories begin in a library. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

6 " Read as many books as you can. Choose courage over caution. Take time to visit libraries. Look for light in the darkness. Have faith in yourself. Know that love is what matters most. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

7 " When you have a sister, someone knows the story of who you were and who you would always be. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

8 " This is what love was, you stayed when you wanted to run away. You held on when you knew you had no choice but to let go. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

9 " Life all happened so quickly; people tell you it will, but you won’t believe it until it happens to you. Cry all you want, being young will slip through your hands and you will be left standing there, you who were once so young, not recognizing yourself or your life. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

10 " Choose courage over caution. Take time to visit libraries. Look for light in the darkness. Have faith in yourself. Know that love is what matters "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

11 " What you wind up regretting aren’t the things you do, it’s what you don’t do that you will never forgive yourself for. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

12 " Seeing has little to do with opening your eyes; it’s what you feel inside that counts, it’s what you know without anyone telling you. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

13 " Women here in Massachusetts had been drowned and beaten and hanged, especially if they were found to have access to books other than the Bible, for the Puritans had been convinced that they alone had the ear of God. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

14 " How lucky they’d been to be raised by women who taught them what was most important in this world. Read as many books as you can. Choose courage over caution. Take time to visit libraries. Look for light in the darkness. Have faith in yourself. Know that love is what matters most. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

15 " Sally had returned to school for her degree in library science at Simmons University, and now, at the age of forty-four, she was the director of the Owens Library. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

16 " You didn't have to be cursed in love to know that when you loved someone you were open to great loss. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

17 " you must be yourself no matter what; anything else was a lie, and a denial of who you were would always cause grief. What you put out into the world came back to you threefold. If you could not accept yourself, you would be reviled and cast out, adrift in the world. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

18 " a quotation that had been her favorite, written by the poet she most admired. Unable are the Loved to die For Love is Immortality. Unbeknownst to Jet, Franny had added another line beneath her sister’s name. Beloved by all. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

19 " Words were everything, stories were more powerful than any weapon, books changed lives. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

20 " Franny was always going to be the one to break the curse. Here was her secret: she loved so deeply the depth could never be charted. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)