What if people knew they were recycled? Would that change anything? — Ann Brashares Change Copy Share Image
Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother — Ann Brashares Grandmother Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones. — Ann Brashares Big ones Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to make a mess. -Loretta, the Rollinses' hosekeeper — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
It's always nervewracking to put yourself out there. But it's the root of joy. — Ann Brashares Joy Copy Share Image
“She was already lost - she couldn't really get more lost, could she? When you belonged nowhere, you sort of belonged everywhere” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“I've always feared she would find completion without me, and I'd be around, stupid and unperfected, forever.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“The world was full of death, full of sadness, full of people, full of people too broken to lean on.” — Ann Brashares Death Copy Share Image
“She wished she could swap her days for her nights, her reality for her dreams. Were you allowed to change from one… — Ann Brashares Dreams Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t comfortable with the term boyfriend even when she did have one, and she hated everybody knowing her private business.” — Ann Brashares Business Copy Share Image
It was probably good you couldn't flip the love switch because sometimes it was what you needed even if you didn't want… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Because she was raw and uncertain, and she liked to keep all the messy parts of herself to herself. ... As much… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
They were here all at once, but not together. Survival took self-absorption, and it made them strangers with nothing to do and… — Ann Brashares Death Copy Share Image
“Why couldn't it belong to him anymore? Why couldn't he belong to it? Because he gave it up. He held on to… — Ann Brashares Mind Copy Share Image
“Lena felt like a child. Worse than a child and less valuable. She felt like a mouse. No, smaller than a mouse… — Ann Brashares Child Copy Share Image
“I confess I've relived it so many times, I hardly remember it anymore. My feelings are strong enough to refract and distort… — Ann Brashares Journey Copy Share Image
People left a lot of things behind when they went in the water. Their clothes, their stuff, their makeup, their fixed-up hair,… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
He loved her for being so beautiful, and he hated her for it. He loved how she put shiny stuff on her… — Ann Brashares Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Maybe you think you'll be entitled to more happiness later by forgoing all of it now, but it doesn't work that way.… — Ann Brashares Happiness Copy Share Image
“There was something about a wedding. No matter how much you put into it, you could always put in more. There was… — ann brashares Copy Share Image
“Barbara appraised her with critical eyes. ‘Oh my. Well, this is going to need some work.’ She went right to Carmen’s hips… — Ann Brashares Bourbon street Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I see it as a tricky mountain pass beween two valleys. Other times, it's like perilous straits connecting two lands. Partly… — Ann Brashares Fear Copy Share Image
“He didn't know if she was awake or asleep, but he felt her heart beating and the further pulse of it in… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Ask me anything, Bailey challenged. What are you scared of? The question got out of Tibby's mouth before she meant to ask… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Lena studied the faces of the girls on the sidelines. She could tell that Kostos owned the lust of what few local… — Ann Brashares Love Copy Share Image
Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I… — Ann Brashares Adulthood Copy Share Image
“What was it about Eric? He was handsome and talented, yeah. But lots of guys were. She had adored Billy Klein back… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Time was moving backward, it seemed, and the future was mostly forgotten.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Every life I start with her, my original sin. I know myself through her. — Ann Brashares Life Copy Share Image
The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true — Ann Brashares Chance Copy Share Image
To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world. — Ann Brashares Stories Copy Share Image
