Donna Marsh > Donna's Quotes

“There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“He has the ability to catch someone by the way that he looks at her, and make her wish he would go on looking.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Love is worth the sum of itself, and nothing more.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
― C.S. Lewis

“I believe that life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.”
― Marjory Stoneman Douglas

“You have to stand up for some things in this world.”
― Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River