"I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?"

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This reflection on love by Alice Hoffman resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in love is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name and went on to spawn a media franchise. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.

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"All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are."

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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."

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"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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"When I get in the car I love my wife and kids more than anything, but I'm not thinking about that side of things. I'm thinking about the car, I'm thinking about the race and I'm thinking about how to make the car faster."

— Scott Dixon
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"I have the most ridiculous TV crush on Michael McIntyre. I fell in love watching him on 'Britain's Got Talent'."

— Geri Halliwell
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"In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing."

— Mignon McLaughlin
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"I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap.' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society."

— Nathan Fillion
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