A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting. — 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 Copy Share Image
Particularly beautiful people were like particularly funny-looking people, though. Once you know them you mostly forgot about it. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
You don't have time, Len. That is the most bitter and the most beautiful pieve of advice I can offer. If you… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of… — 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 Copy Share Image
Ruins stood for what was lost, and yet there were beautiful-peaceful, historic, intellectual. Not tragic or regrettable. Lena tried to keep hers… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
During intermission she peeked out at the theater, watching it refill. When it was almost full and the lights blinked on and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Because the truth wouldn't be comforting and wouldn't bring them closer again.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“¿Iban a sumirla en la tristeza antes de hacerla feliz? No, por favor.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“When she made her way to the big picture window that framed the dining room table she froze. She stopped breathing. The anger was… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Lena remembered herself in all the old familiar things they said. She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“but it was hard to give the real world much notice when he was this close.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“You don't have time, Len. That is the most bitter and the most beautiful piece of advice I can offer. If you don't have… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
The weather turned. Her skin seemed to grow a million extra pores, and all of them opened to take in the warmth and tenderness… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
