The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.
Alice HoffmanSometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow.
Alice HoffmanWeapons are kept from women, but such a naming suggests that perhaps men fear our talents in war as well as our desire for peace.
Alice HoffmanSome things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.
Alice Hoffman