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Practical Magic

Alice Hoffman

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.”

“Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you've had a chance to reconsider, or even to think.”

“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.”

“Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.”

“I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.”

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

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Book Keywords:

inspiration, superstition, humor, unrequited-love, love, life, romance, lavender, rosemary, salt, magic

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