“he is the drip, drip of water that carves a canyon right through the middle of me.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
The phone was her worst enemy and her best friend but she never knew which until she answered it. — Ann Brashares Best friend Copy Share Image
“He'd given up blessings he hadn't been worthy of for the chance to be with her, and now he'd lost that, too.” — Ann Brashares Blessings Copy Share Image
How is it that a person could be so relieved and so disappointed, both at the same time. — Ann Brashares Disappointed Copy Share Image
some people fall in love over and over again while some people can only do it once. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“I picture you four girls back when you were small. I hardly knew where you ended and the other ones started.” — Ann Brashares Girls Copy Share Image
“She discarded whole chunks of life that obsessed other people. She didn't torture people she loved, nor did she hunger for them.… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“You Could Only See As Far As Your Headlights, But You Can Make Your Whole Trip That Way :)” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Why was it that her temper and her thinking never happened at the same time? Her temper behaved like a glutton sitting… — Ann Brashares Anger Copy Share Image
“Bridget cried for the leavers and the left. For the people, like herself, grimly forsaking what few precious gifts they would ever… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“It was endlessly tricky being in the know. It was a state Carmen had a achieved with a certain bravado, but she… — Ann Brashares Heart Copy Share Image
The bottom had arrived. She crashed against it, but it brought no sense of closure or understanding. She just lay there at… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
The most haunting thing was not that he didn't love her anymore. She could have accepted that eventually. The most haunting thing… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I told him, though, that he better be good to you. When you came along, I said I'd share you, but I… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when she thought of Eric, and now more powerfully when she saw him, she felt some achy nostalgia for her old… — Ann Brashares Nostalgia Copy Share Image
“...he had found the courage once in his life to seize a chance at love from a person who knew how to… — Ann Brashares Courage Copy Share Image
“She wished she could swap her days for her nights, her reality for her dreams.” — Ann Brashares Dream Copy Share Image
Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once… — Ann Brashares Always loved you Copy Share Image
“Why not celebrate what you had had rather than spend your time mourning its passing? There could be joy in things that… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
They needed to grieve alone was what Tibby's dad said. Lena wondered if really there was any choice in that. Everyone grieved… — Ann Brashares Choices Copy Share Image
“Live, laugh, love. When you can feel someone else's pain and joy as if it's your own, thats when you know you… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“It was so hard to live the right kind of life, even if you knew what it was.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
He just wanted to look at her and know her life was marching along under the same arch of time and space… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on… — Ann Brashares Age Copy Share Image
When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love you, no matter what. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“We follow our scripts like actors in a very large, very long production. And even with no audience, none of us gives… — Ann Brashares Actor Copy Share Image
There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“I always search for her; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.” — Ann Brashares Hope Copy Share Image
I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from… — Ann Brashares Faces Copy Share Image
“You could feel things or you could find a way to shut down. But once you were feeling things, you couldn't decide… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Let me love you, but don't love me back. Do love me and let me hate you for a while. Let me… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
When your about to criticize someone walk a mile in thier shoes, that way when you criticize them you're a mile away… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“This is the most beautiful piece of advice I can offer. I you don't have what you want now, you don't have… — Ann Brashares Advice Copy Share Image
“She was back on the ground, looking down at the bugs rather than up at the sky.” — Ann Brashares Bugs Copy Share Image
Bridget cried for the leavers and the left. For the people, like herself, grimly forsaking what precious gifts they would ever get. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
The present no matter what I brought couldn’t change the past. The Past was set and sealed. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“she looked up at the stars and gave Tibby thanks. She didn't have to throw her thoughts far to know they reached… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
He'd pushed her. He'd scared her. He'd besieged her. He'd vowed he wouldn't, and he did. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
