No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written

Books may well be the only true magic.

Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree.

Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year.

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go." From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102.