Property Of Quotes

“For six months I did what women do: I waited. This is what women are taught to be good at. It's said that a woman's life is merely preparation for the primal nine-month wait. Whatever the reason, they do it well. Sometimes they drink or bite their fingernails down to the wrist. They count stars and initials and wait: for something to happen, for something to pass, to change, to begin, to end.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of

“There is no fiercer enemy than a word. A word that can be written down in pages and punctuated by quotation marks and commas and spelled out in contracts and poems and sighs, in old whispers and song lyrics, in promises and vows.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of

“Once I knew nothing about McKay and now I knew everything about him. This seemed as good as any reason for not walking out the door. There are so many ways to stop the knowing, and I tried them all. I tried silence, I tried heroin, I tried calling it love. And then I stopped trying to call my dumbness any one of ten thousand names.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of

“You should never trust a liar so you should never trust a man of honor. Those two are the worst of mankind.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of

“Shut up and do not think. All the theorists agree: shut up and keep the words from being said. And all of the scars will remain invisible; and all of the scars will remain under the skin. Where they belong.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of

“Because the truth is McKay was in love with his vision of the Orphans, with his vision of himself. And I was in love with them both. That’s all.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of: A Novel

“Look, I was in love. What more can I say? Oh, I was a fool. Is that it? If that’s what you want me to say I can’t say it.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of: A Novel

“Sometimes you know whether or not it’s your night. Sometimes you don’t. I wasn’t sure.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of: A Novel

“Sometimes you know when doors will open; you have only to walk up to them and wait.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of: A Novel

“There are so many ways to stop the knowing, and I tried them all. I tried silence, I tried heroin, I tried calling it love. And then I stopped trying to call my dumbness any one of ten thousand names.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of

“You want me to lie to you?" said McKay. I shrugged. Why not? I didn't mind lies.”
― Alice Hoffman, Property Of