Starting is hard so I really need to give myself permission to do a bad job. I always give myself leave to… — Ann Brashares Bad jobs Copy Share Image
Lena knew she had spent too much of her life in a state of passive dread, just waiting for something bad to… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I mean putting yourself out there in the way of overwhelming happiness and knowing you're also putting yourself in the way of… — Ann Brashares Extremes Copy Share Image
“She'd never felt about anyone the way she'd felt about him. Not even close. She knew that when she got old it… — Ann Brashares Habits Copy Share Image
She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure… — Ann Brashares Adventure Copy Share Image
You could feel things or you could find a way to shut down. But once you were feeling things, you couldnt decide… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“What's the occasion?" she asked. He kissed her ear. "I've got a gorgeous woman who's going to be my bride." She laughed.… — Ann Brashares Bride Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when she thought of Eric, and now more powerfully when she saw him, she felt some achy nostalgia for her old… — Ann Brashares Nostalgia Copy Share Image
“...he had found the courage once in his life to seize a chance at love from a person who knew how to… — Ann Brashares Courage Copy Share Image
“Why was it that her temper and her thinking never happened at the same time? Her temper behaved like a glutton sitting… — Ann Brashares Anger 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 Copy Share Image
“It was endlessly tricky being in the know. It was a state Carmen had a achieved with a certain bravado, but she… — Ann Brashares Heart Copy Share Image
The bottom had arrived. She crashed against it, but it brought no sense of closure or understanding. She just lay there at… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
The most haunting thing was not that he didn't love her anymore. She could have accepted that eventually. The most haunting thing… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I told him, though, that he better be good to you. When you came along, I said I'd share you, but I… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“Maybe happiness didn't have to be about big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was about… — Ann Brashares Happiness Copy Share Image
He wanted to take his love back from her so badly. The old techniques didn’t work anymore. In fact, they’d never worked.… — Ann Brashares Brutal Copy Share Image
I want to go where you're going. I'm not scared of dying. I want to stay together and come back together. You… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Tibby's wish would be to hold on to the idea of love even in the face of darkest doubt. Because that was… — Ann Brashares Doubt Copy Share Image
Healing wasn’t always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it healed too thick and too well and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Carmen hated the 'life is too short" rationalization. She thought it was one of the lamer excuses in the history of excuse-making.… — Ann Brashares 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 Advice Copy Share Image
She couldn’t hide from everyone for the rest of her life… Well she could. That was the direction things were going. But… — Ann Brashares Courageous Copy Share Image
She glared at him, feeling the old frustration. Sometimes in his presence she felt the deepest connection to him, and other times… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
But there were times when you felt miserable and you wanted to feel better, and other times when you felt miserable and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
