"The happiness at getting what you want is……" — Ann Brashares
"The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it."
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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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