Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.
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I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.Alice Hoffman
Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!
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I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.
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I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay.
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I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.
Alice Hoffman
I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them.
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