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The Story Sisters QUOTES

The Story Sisters QUOTES

1 " When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

2 " She didn't like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she'd been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

3 " I cast myself at him, like a fool, but he didn't see me. And then one day he noticed I was beautiful and he wanted me. He broke me off and took me with him, in his hands, and I didn't care that I was dying until I actually was. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

4 " What was a demon but a lost soul, one that had been forced to use his skills to survive. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

5 " Demons were said to be cruel, but a demon would never have been so brutal as this. A demon merely called you by name, threw his arms around you, whispered his plight, understood yours, then took you for his own. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

6 " Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

7 " Some stories stayed with you even when you wanted to forget them. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

8 " Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

9 " I can hurt myself more than anyone else can," she told her sister. "I can do it with my eyes closed. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

10 " They weren't true stories; they were better than that. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

11 " In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

12 " He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

13 " Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

14 " The only people out at this hour were ones who couldn't sleep, those haunted by one thing or another: love thwarted, love lost, love thrown away. They were the sort of people who didn't want to be noticed, who wanted to slip through shadows, be alone with their despair. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

15 " A boy who is trouble is something entirely different as a man. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

16 " The nature of love had totally escaped her until now. She had thought that if you lost it, you could never get it back, like a stone thrown down a well. But it was like the water at the bottom of the well, there when you can't even see it, shifting in the dark. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

17 " Everything was red, the air, the sun, whatever I looked at. Except for him. I fell in love with someone who was human. I watched him walk through the hills and come back in the evening when his work was through. I saw things no woman would see: that he knew how to cry, that he was alone. I cast myself at him, like a fool, but he didn't see me. And then one day he noticed I was beautiful and he wanted me. He broke me off and took me with him, in his hands, and I didn't care that I was dying until I actually was. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

18 " That was the way love was, invisible, there whether or not you wanted to see it or admit to it. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

19 " ...even though she felt a wave of dread. If they knew she was nervous, she'd be at their mercy. But if they thought she was ice they'd be afraid to touch her. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters

20 " If you believed in something strongly and give it enough credence, it could appear right in front of you. Though it had been created in your mind, it would claim a presence in the real world, a monster at your door, a demon pulling at your coat sleeve. "

― Alice Hoffman , The Story Sisters