“Because the truth wouldn't be comforting and wouldn't bring them closer again.” — Ann Brashares Truth 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… — Ann Brashares Anger 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… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“but it was hard to give the real world much notice when he was this close.” — Ann Brashares Real world 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… — Ann Brashares Time 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… — Ann Brashares Baby Copy Share Image
“He could take happiness from her, but could he give any?” — Ann Brashares Happiness 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 Air Copy Share Image
“No matter how it felt to be near him, she had to keep her swollen heart in check.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and… — Ann Brashares Collars Copy Share Image
“By day she studied and touched her mother’s things, and by night, she dreamed about them. The dreams gave her as fragmented… — Ann Brashares Dreams Copy Share Image
“The angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. —George Eliot” — Ann Brashares George Eliot Copy Share Image
There were those emotions down there, and though she couldn't quite feel them, they were strong and she feared them. It was… — Ann Brashares Emotion Copy Share Image
“Live, laugh, love. When you can feel someone else's pain and joy as if it's your own, thats when you know you… — Ann Brashares Laugh love Copy Share Image
We aren't in high school. We aren't really in our families and we aren't in our houses. Those are the places we… — Ann Brashares Ends Copy Share Image
“Tibby, who was not fond of change, had once told Bridget that the present, no matter what it brought, couldn't change the… — Ann Brashares Change Copy Share Image
Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris — Ann Brashares Love Copy Share Image
“It was hard keeping the love and hate separate in their family.” — Ann Brashares Family Copy Share Image
Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age. — Ann Brashares Age Copy Share Image
“I wondered if I was an error of God's planning that would be fixed at the end of my life.” — Ann Brashares Life Copy Share Image
