She realized all at once the deeper thing that bothered her, the thing that made him not just irritating but intolerable: how… — Ann Brashares Bothered Copy Share Image
“If you didn't have a choice, you have to make a choice. If you didn't have options, you made some. You couldn't… — Ann Brashares Choice 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 Different Copy Share Image
“I feel like I should love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't make yourself love someone, can… — Ann Brashares Love Copy Share Image
She felt like parts of her soul were missing, had left her body long ago. It had happened not in Greece three… — Ann Brashares Body Copy Share Image
“I guess I was better at loving then, too, and also better at being loved — the two go together.” — Ann Brashares Love Copy Share Image
“Lena, listen to me, okay? We don't have much more time here. You are in love. I've never seen anything like this… — Ann Brashares Bravery Copy Share Image
“I know you are always finding ways to love me in spite of how horrible I am, I hope I haven't run… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Someday was the thing he had, because it was a lot harder to ruin than today. — Ann Brashares Harder Copy Share Image
“It was her last breakfast with Bapi, her last morning in Greece. In her frenetic bliss that kept her up till dawn,… — Ann Brashares Communication Copy Share Image
No matter how far back you cut a willow tree, it will never really die. — Ann Brashares Cutting Copy Share Image
Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes, for instance, and Effie was good… — Ann Brashares Different Copy Share Image
“If you are distant and misanthropic, selfish or cruel, you will find yourself alone in life and death.” — Ann Brashares Death Copy Share Image
There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was… — Ann Brashares Contact Copy Share Image
She had willed her heart to stay small and contained, but it wouldn’t be. Oh, well. — Ann Brashares Heart Copy Share Image
Every life I start with her, my original sin. I know myself through her. — Ann Brashares Life Copy Share Image
“You broke up with him," a combination Effie-Carmen voice in her head reminded her. "But that didn't mean you were allowed to… — Ann Brashares Love Copy Share Image
But then she hadn’t just learned to love this summer – she had also learned how to need. — Ann Brashares Learning Copy Share Image
When you remembered to forget, you were remembering. It was when you forgot to forget that you forgot. — Ann Brashares Forget Copy Share Image
“I always search for her; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.” — Ann Brashares Hope Copy Share Image
If you ever meet a guy and you fall in love with him, but because of some weird genetic mutation he doesn't… — Ann Brashares Dresses Copy Share Image
It took the real thing to show you the size of your delusions. — Ann Brashares Delusion Copy Share Image
“It was so hard to live the right kind of life, even if you knew what it was.” — Ann Brashares Life Copy Share Image
