Truth Quote by Alice Hoffman — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“She knew it the way people say they know they are about to be hit by lightning, yet remain powerless to run, unable to avoid their fate. She panicked, as anyone might have when disparate parts of her life were about to crash into each other, certain to leave a path of anguish and debris. It was true that devotion could be lost as quickly as it was found, which was why some people insisted that love letters be written in ink. How easy it was for even the sweetest words to evaporate, only to be rewritten as impulse and infatuation might dictate. How unfortunate that love could not be taught or trained, like a seal or a dog. Instead it was a wolf on the prowl, with a mind of its own, and it made its own way, undeterred by the damage done. Love like this could turn honest people into liars and cheats, as it now did…”

“Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs.”

“Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.”

“But in battle you cannot tell another when it is his time to enter the World-to-Come, nor is it possible to keep any man in this world when he wishes to leave it behind.”

“We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.”

“A truth should exist,”

“I'm lying, yes, but why do you force me to give a linear explanation; linear explanations are almost always lies.”

“Leowin: Don't worry Luthiel. 'Truth's existence never depended upon belief.”

“If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?”

“No, honestly, my mouth shouldn't be able to function unless my brain's engaged.”

“May be its mine bad-luck”