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
The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother — 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
She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she wanted… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Someday when you're twenty, maybe, I'll see you again. You'll be this hot soccer star at some great school, with a million… — 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
But will he come I just want to know what you think the odds are. Tell me what you really think." "I… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I want to go where you're going. I'm not scared of dying. I want to stay together and come back together. You… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
What happened to me by myself felt partly dreamed, partly imagined, definitely shifted and warped by my own fears and wants. But… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Daniel?" "Yes." "Did you ever think we were meant not to be together?" "No. We are meant to be together. We are… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Maybe they would look at each other and feel some odd yearning, but neither of them would know why. They would want… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I hated motorcycles. I said to my mother, 'I'll never get a motorcycle.' And she said, 'You never know what you'll want… — 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… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway. If you don't try, you… — 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
