Everything we knew condemned us, and our questioning condemned us most of all. Knowledge was the way of our people, and knowledge was dangerous. It was the first thing that freed you and the thing that put you in peril. It was the key to the ten gates. I saw them clearly now, each and every one, the gates that were there for me. Ashes, Bones, Grass, Heart, Stone, Love, Sorrow, Blood, Earth, Sky.
Alice HoffmanI loved him even now, as he took a knife to my throat, as I drowned in blood, as I whispered "Cousin, you were wrong. We were born to live.
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 HoffmanGood fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.
Alice Hoffman