"Do not spoil what you have by desiring…" — Ann Brashares
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not."
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287 Quotes by Ann Brashares
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Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go…
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Starting is hard so I really need to give myself permission to do a bad job. I always give myself…
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There are going to be moments of deep, deep doubts, and you have to have faith that your initial idea…
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Grief was like a newborn, and the first three months were hard as hell, but by six months you'd recognized…
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I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as…
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When there is nothing, there is the possibility of everything.
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You carry your past with you even if you don't remember any of it.
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Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How…
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Love yourself and your friends unconditionally .
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I think pants have unique qualities, especially in a woman’s life. Whatever bodily insecurities we have, we seem to take…
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Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting…
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A lot of friendship is about practice, that’s something I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older. It’s not simply some spiritual…
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There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
— Abu Bakr
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world…
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion…
— Harold Brodkey
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Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
— Bertolt Brecht
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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to…
— Fanny Burney
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no…
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
— Coco Chanel
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it…
— Stewart Alsop
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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
— William Ames
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