“I think the true ascent of man, the moment when humans divided irrevobably from apes and other fellow creatures, occurred with the… — Ann Brashares Nature of man Copy Share Image
Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting… — Ann Brashares Fear Copy Share Image
She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her. — Ann Brashares Annoyed Copy Share Image
“In this present body he hadn't been loved, and he found almost nothing to love about himself.” — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Bridget cried for the leavers and the left. For the people, like herself, grimly forsaking what few precious gifts they would ever… — Ann Brashares Cried Copy Share Image
It’s natural to overlook and even sacrifice the things that belong to us most easily most gracefully. So here’s me asking you… — Ann Brashares Asking Copy Share Image
A part of her wanted to tell him she still loved him, and that even though this love was hopeless and long… — Ann Brashares Consumed Copy Share Image
Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others. — Ann Brashares Aspect Copy Share Image
He took her hand and they started walking toward the baggage claim. They didn't say anything to each other. They swung their… — Ann Brashares Air Copy Share Image
What made you feel that stomach-churning agony for one person and not another? If Bridget were God, she would have made it… — Ann Brashares Agony Copy Share Image
Maybe it didn’t matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn’t matter if you friend was… — Ann Brashares Asks Copy Share Image
“The conversation flowed and stopped and started as it would, a third thing in the room, not quite controlled by either of… — Ann Brashares Communication Copy Share Image
He had to fight. That's all he had. Not memories, not experiences, not skills. He had a will. And his will was… — Ann Brashares Fighting Copy Share Image
She had never had a boy talk to her like that. There was no cover of bullshit, no flirtation, no added charm,… — Ann Brashares Boys Copy Share Image
I knew her hair and her coloring and her shapes would be different next time, but the way she wore her body… — Ann Brashares Body Copy Share Image
How sad it was, Carmen thought, that you acted awful when you were desperately sad and hurt and wanted to be loved.… — Ann Brashares Awful Copy Share Image
It was frustrating when people loved you and took an interest in you and sometimes worried about you and personally cared what… — Ann Brashares Clip Copy Share Image
Her body was a prison, her mind was a prison. Her memories were a prison. The people she loved. She couldn't get… — Ann Brashares Apartment Copy Share Image
He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all. — Ann Brashares Conquer Copy Share Image
Lena realized that a fundamental layer of their happiness depended on the four of them being close to one another. Their lives… — Ann Brashares Aspect Copy Share Image
“Maybe happiness didn’t have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was… — Ann Brashares Happiness Copy Share Image
Love made you admire funny things about a person, like how good she was at remembering to return her library books and… — Ann Brashares Admire Copy Share Image
