For people who want to be a writer—and maybe this is true for anything you want to be in life—if one person believes in you, that's enough. And my gr… - Alice Hoffman

you can't run away by ignoring the truth. Truth follows you; it comes in through open windows and drifts under doors. When it comes to sorrow, no one is immune. (preface)

She was finally here, in the place where she had found a future. Still, night after night, the past was with her. (p197)

I've always believed there is a very thin line that separates readers and writers. You make a leap over that line when there's a book you want to read and you can't find it and you have to write it yourself. (preface)