The Rules of Magic

by Alice Hoffman

“Do not call up darkness when you are unprepared for the consequences.”

She had worn black every day of her life and she did so today.

same!

“Normal is not a scientific term,”

This is what happens when you repudiate who you are. Once you do that, life works against you, and your fate is no longer your own.”

Writing itself was a magical act in which imagination altered reality and gave form to power.

i love this

added roses from the garden, lavender that had grown by the gate, herbs that would bring luck and protect

#nostalgia

Then and there they made a vow never to be in love.

smart

course I love your father. Don’t misunderstand me. I’m just not in love, which has saved us both in ways you can’t imagine.

so much truth here

She was convinced that she was the last one love would ever come to. She wasn’t made for such things. She wanted flight and freedom and would prefer to live among the birds, pitching a tent in Central Park and having nothing to do with humankind.

He wondered if he would ever feel that someone was worth fighting for, if there would ever be a person who would make him stand up and take a chance and have the courage to be reckless.

Youth is fleeting. It’s nothing but a dream.

so true this is

Franny knew that from now on she would be held hostage by her responsibilities.

Same, girl. Same.

They were therefore all descendants of a witch-finder and a witch, and therein lay the very heart of the curse’s beginnings, for they were fated to try their best to deny who they were and to refute their true selves.

some things lasted. Hate and love, kindness and cruelty, all lingered and, in their case, all had been passed on.

lavender in their pockets to bring them luck

he put away his guitar, there was nothing inside him. It was as if when he had been stolen as an infant, he had come back as a changeling, as if someone had reached inside him and grabbed his heart to keep under lock and key.

On June 28, 1969, the weather was hot, eighty-seven degrees, unusual for the time of year. New York City grew steamy, as if the heat rose from its core. On Christopher Street, between West Fourth and Waverly Place, the Stonewall, a restaurant that had originally been a stable, was burning from the inside out.

history!!! Again, so much amazing messages in this book. Stonewall is landmark and changed so much.

We must fight against bigotry in all its forms, for it is prejudice that ruins a society.”

Yeah! So many good messages in this book

“I just do the best I can to face what

life brings. That’s the secret, you know. That’s the way you change your fate.”