The Bookstore Sisters Quotes

“Oh, you're moonlight," he'd said. "Harder to see, but there for those who look.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“She was remembering everything. How love could change a person, how it could cause you the greatest sorrow or shelter you from harm.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Isabel remembered what books had meant to her so long ago, and she suddenly had a longing for all those fictional worlds that had helped her through the worst years of her life.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Maybe you’ll both be who you always were if you’re given time.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“She was good at forgetting; she had practiced for years, and it was now a skill at which she excelled.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“The author P. L. Travers once said, ‘A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Never Get Lost Oatmeal Cookies, great for hikes or adventures. Orange You Glad Cake, an orange loaf with buttercream icing, certain to cheer up the day. Sin No More Cinnamon Rolls, delicious and sticky, good for both the well behaved and the unruly.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“I want you to remember our last day. I read you a story about two sisters who could find their way through the woods even if it was dark.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Just like you still think you’ll be happier if you run away.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“How love could change a person, how it could cause you the greatest sorrow or shelter you from harm.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“How Much Do I Love You? I love you more than pancakes, more than ice cream, more than pickles, more than my life. I love you more than dogs or cats or diamonds or gold, more than anyone else in the world. I loved brushing your hair every night and walking you to school. I told you every story you knew. I want you to remember our last day. I read you a story about two sisters who could find their way through the woods even if it was dark. I want you to remember the last evening we had. We drank tea made of roses. We baked a peach pie. We had spaghetti with butter for supper. We looked at the stars with your father, sitting high up on the roof, and then I took you inside. I kissed you both good night. I hope you remember everything. Someday you will find this and you’ll know that to the very end I thought about you. There is no ending to that. You still hold my heart in your hands. I loved you girls more than a fish loves a river, more than a bird loves the sky. Remember that. Remember me.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“A lot of people don’t know what to do about grief. I don’t blame you for a thing.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“She could even forget that she had once been considered the girl most likely to become somebody, when she’d turned out to be nobody in particular.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Tuesdays were meant for accidents, disappointments, and bad news. Long ago, the day was considered to belong to Mars, the god of war and blood. Now it just meant trouble—it meant that your past could come back to haunt you.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Then what am I? Isabel had once said, wounded by how he seemed to favor Sophie. Oh, you’re moonlight, he’d said. Harder to see, but there for those who look.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“... But words that have been said cannot be unspoken.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“When you stop forgetting, the effects can be overwhelming.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“She'd had promise back then - all her teachers had told her so - but promise can disappear if you leave it to flounder”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“She was remembering everything. How love would change a person how it could cause you greatest sorrow or shelter you from harm”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“for in the years that had passed, they’d forgotten how much they had loved each other. They had tried hard to forget, and they had nearly succeeded, and so it had remained, until this Tuesday.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“I don’t read. It’s a waste of time. It’s just for people who want to escape real life.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“She was thinking about the way a fish loved a river, and a bird loved the sky, and a mother loved her daughters. She was remembering everything. How love could change a person, how it could cause you the greatest sorrow or shelter you from harm. There were moths hitting against the windowpanes. A night heron called in the marshland as if its heart were breaking.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Someday you will find this and you’ll know that to the very end I thought about you. There is no ending to that. You still hold my heart in your hands. I loved you girls more than a fish loves a river, more than a bird loves the sky. Remember that. Remember me.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“I don’t think I’m the smart sister,” Isabel said. “You are,” Sophie told her. “You just have a lot to learn.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Violet shrugged. “Finished. I read all seven. He should have written more.” “Well, there are eight Mary Poppins books, so they should keep you busy for a while. The author P. L. Travers once said, ‘A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Time goes faster than you think.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“P. L. Travers once said, ‘A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Stop acting like you know me,” Isabel said. “Well, you for sure do not know me. I’m not the person I used to be,” Johnny said. “We’re always the people we used to be,” Isabel said.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters