Because she was raw and uncertain, and she liked to keep all the messy parts of herself to herself. ... As much… — Ann Brashares Finished product Copy Share Image
I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up. — Ann Brashares Broke Copy Share Image
“Lena was suspicious of many things. But she had earned her suspicions about boys. Lena knew boys. They never looked beyond your… — Ann Brashares Best friend Copy Share Image
It was funny how the old practices always came around again. It was the rhythm of human enterprise to invent and worship… — Ann Brashares Approach Copy Share Image
“She had that frustrating dreamlike confusion of racking her brain for the answer then forgetting what the question was. There was a… — Ann Brashares Truth Seeking Copy Share Image
All my life, everybody has seen me a certain way. What do you see? — Ann Brashares Certain Copy Share Image
I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things… — Ann Brashares Believe Copy Share Image
The rules took a while to sort out. Lena and Carmen wanted to focus on friendship-type rules, stuff about keeping in touch… — Ann Brashares Focus Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones. — Ann Brashares Bigs Copy Share Image
I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and… — Ann Brashares Chips Copy Share Image
“For nine years Paul had not called her by her name. She had always been "Shorty" or "Kid" or "You" to him… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
You surround yourself with your pain or you avoid it and let it find you when you are trying to do other… — Ann Brashares Pain Copy Share Image
