Ann Brashares quotes - page 6

If you didn't have a choice, you had to make a choice. If you didn't have options, you made some. You couldn't just let this world happen to you... he didn't see eternity. He saw this girl and this moment and this one slim chance. (Ann Brashares)
You don't have time, Len. That is the most bitter and the most beautiful piece of advice I can offer. If you don't have what you want now, you don't have what you want. View quote
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Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris. View quote
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I want to go where you're going. I'm not scared of dying. I want to stay together and come back together. You said that souls cohere. I want to stay with you. View quote
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There were certain qualities you possessed carelessly. And you couldn't retrieve them when they were gone. The very act of caring made them impossible to regain. View quote
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And I thought about the color and I realized what blue it was. It was the soft and changeable, essential blue of a well-worn pair of pants. Pants = Love. View quote
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Show me a girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and I'll show you a girl who can't put her pants on. -Annik Marchand. View quote
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I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes. View quote
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It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones. View quote
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Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. View quote
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A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground. (Ann Brashares)
My household is, in a nice way, very busy. View quote
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To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world. View quote
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When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books. View quote
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Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least you reshape yourself to encompass them. View quote
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Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there. View quote
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As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages. View quote
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. View quote
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I always search for her; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me. View quote
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Rule #1: The customer is always right. Rule #2: If the customer is wrong, please refer to rule #1. -Duncan Howe. View quote
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I'm afraid of time. I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. (Ann Brashares)
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. View quote
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when life gives you lemons, say, "yeah I like lemons, what else ya got"? View quote
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I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people. View quote
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