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> [How sad it was, Carmen thought, that you acted awful when you were desperately sad and hurt and wanted to be loved. How tragic then, the way everyone avoided you and tiptoed around you when you really needed them. Carmen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/how-sad-it-was-carmen-thought-that-you-acted-awful-when-you-were/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

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## More by Ann Brashares

> [“Because the truth wouldn't be comforting and wouldn't bring them closer again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/because-the-truth-wouldn-t-be-comforting-and-wouldn-t-bring-them/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“It’s by living that you live more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/it-s-by-living-that-you-live-more/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“¿Iban a sumirla en la tristeza antes de hacerla feliz? No, por favor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/iban-a-sumirla-en-la-tristeza-antes-de-hacerla-feliz-no-por-favor/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“When she made her way to the big picture window that framed the dining room table she froze. She stopped breathing. The anger was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/when-she-made-her-way-to-the-big-picture-window-that-framed-the/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“Lena remembered herself in all the old familiar things they said. She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/lena-remembered-herself-in-all-the-old-familiar-things-they-said-she/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [Everyone is fragile. Everything beautiful is fragile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/everyone-is-fragile-everything-beautiful-is-fragile/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“but it was hard to give the real world much notice when he was this close.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/but-it-was-hard-to-give-the-real-world-much-notice-when-he-was-this/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/you-don-t-have-time-len-that-is-the-most-bitter-and-the-most/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“You couldn’t count on Providence for anything ever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/you-couldn-t-count-on-providence-for-anything-ever/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/gestating-characters-feels-something-like-the-mental-equivalent-of/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“He could take happiness from her, but could he give any?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/he-could-take-happiness-from-her-but-could-he-give-any/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [The weather turned. Her skin seemed to grow a million extra pores, and all of them opened to take in the warmth and tenderness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/the-weather-turned-her-skin-seemed-to-grow-a-million-extra-pores-and/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [She wanted him to notice her so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/she-wanted-him-to-notice-her-so-much/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [“No matter how it felt to be near him, she had to keep her swollen heart in check.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/no-matter-how-it-felt-to-be-near-him-she-had-to-keep-her-swollen/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

> [Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and downticks- the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/maybe-happiness-was-just-a-matter-of-the-little-upticks-the-traffic/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

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