Ann Brashares Quotes - Page 5

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• Please don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daughter)

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  Daughter, Mother, Judging

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• Polly was pretty good at dieting, all right, but she was beginning to wonder whether you ever lost the parts of your self that you wanted to lose.

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  Self, Dieting, Wonder

  Ann Brashares (2009). “3 Willows”, p.147, Delacorte Press

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• The rules took a while to sort out. Lena and Carmen wanted to focus on friendship-type rules, stuff about keeping in touch with one another over the summer, and making sure the Pants kept moving from one girl to the next. Tibby preferred to focus on random things you could and couldn't do in the Pants --- like picking your nose.

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  Girl, Summer, Moving

  Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.26, Delacorte Press

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• Lena was an introvert. She knew she had trouble connecting with people. She always felt like her looks were fake bait, seeming to offer a bridge to people, which she couldn't easily cross.

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  Bridges, People, Fake

  Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.45, Delacorte Press

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• His distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children.

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  Children, Giving, Married

  Ann Brashares (2008). “The Last Summer (of You and Me)”, p.21, Penguin

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• Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself some honesty, it couldn't easily be contained or limited to one part of your life. It was like poison ivy or a bossy houseguest. Once it was there, you couldn't tell it what to do. You had to really fight to keep it from taking over.

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  Honesty, Fighting, Ivy

  Ann Brashares (2008). “The Last Summer (of You and Me)”, p.163, Penguin

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• Love didn't necessarily look the way you expected it to.

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  Looks, Way, Expected

  Ann Brashares (2009). “3 Willows”, p.249, Delacorte Press

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• One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.

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  Memories, Promise, Good Memories

  Ann Brashares (2007). “Summers of the Sisterhood”, Corgi Childrens

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• You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.

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  Ordinary, Careful, Turns

  Ann Brashares (2008). “The Last Summer (of You and Me)”, p.16, Penguin

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• Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother

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  Grandmother, Wish, Needs

  FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Oct 24, 2012

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• Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.

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  Happenings

  Twitter post from Aug 03, 2011

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• It's always nervewracking to put yourself out there. But it's the root of joy.

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  Roots, Joy, Putting Yourself Out There

  Twitter post from Mar 01, 2013

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• Forget Jack, I'm in love with the cold, dirt floor.

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  Dirt, Cold, Forget

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• What if people knew they were recycled? Would that change anything?

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  People, What If, Recycled

  Twitter post from Jan 11, 2013

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• I knew her hair and her coloring and her shapes would be different next time, but the way she wore her body would keep on.

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  Hair, Different, Would Be

  Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.65, Penguin

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• Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair.

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  Long, Despair, Demand

  FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Oct 12, 2012

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• You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives. It`s you who makes me a person.

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  Memories, Firsts, Thread

  Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.114, Penguin

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• Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.

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  Love, Running, Know How

  Twitter post from Nov 16, 2012

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• Women always seemed to bring the size they wished they were to the fitting room, rather than the size that would actually fit.

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  Rooms, Size, Fit

  Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.322, Delacorte Press

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• Luck never gives; it lends.

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  Giving, Luck

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• Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman

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  Art And Life, Art Life, Fairs

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• Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson

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  Belief

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• Don't ask me any questions right now. I'm grumpy and I'll probablly make fun of you. -Effie Kaligaris

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  Fun, Grumpy, Ask Me

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• I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.

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  Thinking, Stronger, Faces

  Ann Brashares (2005). “Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood”, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I’m sorry you asked me out, otherwise maybe I could have liked you.

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  Sorry, I'm Sorry

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