Alice Hoffman Quotes

It's always a leap of faith when you get involved with somebody.

Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's one of the most terrifying. It's worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.

Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.

If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught. That's what I did. I got caught.

With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.

Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.

I think what you learn from relationships is that they are unpredictable.

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but you're still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you.

If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught.

I think love isn't doomed, of course, but in real life, love doesn't always work out.

Daring to love someone is something we all do.

The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.

But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

I almost can’t believe I’m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of risk perception? I know that relationships don’t last. And yet, with him, the risk of not being with him is much worse than any other hurt I can imagine.

And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible.

I always say you have to be willing to get your heart broken.

People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.