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Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love... ANN BRASHARES Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes... ANN BRASHARES You thought you had the choice to stay still or move forward, but your didn't. As long as your heart... ANN BRASHARES The ocean was the best place, of course. That was what she loved most. It was a feeling of freedom l... ANN BRASHARES The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become ... ANN BRASHARES Lena wished that love were something you could flip on and off. You could turn it on when you felt g... ANN BRASHARES She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew hersel... ANN BRASHARES It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones. ANN BRASHARES Not even you can reach me here, Carmen thought. ANN BRASHARES They were absolutely lovely, and in their presence, so was she. ANN BRASHARES Forget Jack, I'm in love with the cold, dirt floor. ANN BRASHARES Riley was quiet for a minute. She gathered her blanket all around her. "Paul always loved you, Alice... ANN BRASHARES I love you, I'll never stop. ANN BRASHARES Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything ... ANN BRASHARES Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it. ANN BRASHARES When you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you re... ANN BRASHARES I did the searching and remembering, she did the disappearing and the forgetting. ANN BRASHARES Maybe you think you’ll be entitled to more happiness later by forgoing all of it now, but it doesn... ANN BRASHARES I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child. 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ANN BRASHARES She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy. ANN BRASHARES It was her last breakfast with Bapi, her last morning in Greece. In her frenetic bliss that kept her... ANN BRASHARES She went around with a broken heart, and she wasn't sure who'd broken it. She thought it was herself... ANN BRASHARES When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two... ANN BRASHARES Sometimes you couldn’t face the sadness of being forgotten until you felt the comfort of being rem... ANN BRASHARES I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I'v... ANN BRASHARES Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was r... ANN BRASHARES Dad,ANN BRASHARES Please don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daug... ANN BRASHARES I picture you four girls back when you were small. I hardly knew where you ended and the other ones ... ANN BRASHARES Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It w... ANN BRASHARES She'd cried over a broken heart before. She knew what that felt like, and it didn't feel like this. ... ANN BRASHARES She didn't open the envelope until she'd gotten to the bus station and needed to pay for her ticket.... ANN BRASHARES Grief was like a newborn, and the first three months were hard as hell, but by six months you'd reco... ANN BRASHARES I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past. ANN BRASHARES Maybe happiness didn't have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in ... ANN BRASHARES Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. ANN BRASHARES When you remembered to forget, you were remembering. It was when you forgot to forget that you forgo... ANN BRASHARES There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who divide the world into two kinds of people ... ANN BRASHARES She perched on her windowsill, gazing at the lurid sun soaking into the Caldera, trying to appreciat... ANN BRASHARES What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them. ANN BRASHARES She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet str... ANN BRASHARES But I know this. We're ready to move forward again in our way. Together or apart, no matter how far ... ANN BRASHARES Bridget cried for the leavers and the left. For the people, like herself, grimly forsaking what prec... ANN BRASHARES I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always sear... ANN BRASHARES She spilled rice on my knee, and she smiled. I wanted her to spill a thousand things on me, lava, ac... ANN BRASHARES Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself some honesty, it couldn't easily ... ANN BRASHARES He didn't seem to realize that three excuses was as good as no excuse. ANN BRASHARES I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand pe... ANN BRASHARES Those were the people who made her something, and without them she was different. She'd held on to t... ANN BRASHARES It was like a dream you might have after death in which lost people came back to life, your friends ... ANN BRASHARES His distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children. ANN BRASHARES Bridget cried for the leavers and the left. For the people, like herself, grimly forsaking what few ... ANN BRASHARES I told him that he better be good to you. When you came along, I said I'd share you, but I told him ... ANN BRASHARES Show me a girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and I'll show you a girl who can't put her... ANN BRASHARES You broke up with him," a combination Effie-Carmen voice in her head reminded her.ANN BRASHARES I tell myself your spirits were down the day you wrote. You're fine and we're fine. I hope it's true... ANN BRASHARES She was bad at love. She loved too hard. ANN BRASHARES sometimes you need to make a mess. ANN BRASHARES She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, s... ANN BRASHARES Treasure in such large amounts stopped feeling precious ANN BRASHARES The phone was her worst enemy and her best friend but she never knew which until she answered it. ANN BRASHARES You Could Only See As Far As Your Headlights, But You Can Make Your Whole Trip That Way :) ANN BRASHARES I know you are always finding ways to love me in spite of how horrible I am, I hope I haven't run ou... ANN BRASHARES Tibby sat on the outside of a group of kids in the film program. There was a lot of dark clothing an... ANN BRASHARES Everything I ever said to you was true and is true. ANN BRASHARES But there were times when you felt miserable and you wanted to feel better, and other times when you... ANN BRASHARES The bottom had arrived. She crashed against it, but it brought no sense of closure or understanding.... ANN BRASHARES Women always seemed to bring the size they wished they were to the fitting room, rather than the siz... ANN BRASHARES But then she hadn’t just learned to love this summer – she had also learned how to need. ANN BRASHARES The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true ANN BRASHARES Carmen sat up when she heard a familiar trill from her computer. It was an instant message from Bee.... 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ANN BRASHARES Why was it that her temper and her thinking never happened at the same time? Her temper behaved like... ANN BRASHARES Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and controlled... ANN BRASHARES You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful. ANN BRASHARES I'm writing this down, because it is going to be hard for me to say it. Because this is probably our... ANN BRASHARES Let me love you, but don't love me back. Do love me and let me hate you for a while. Let me feel lik... ANN BRASHARES Sometimes you need to make a mess.ANN BRASHARES Maybe they would look at each other and feel some odd yearning, but neither of them would know why. ... ANN BRASHARES Why do we fight the things we fight when giving into them isn't so bad at all? 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I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ... 
I was losing her, she wouldn’t listen to me, and I was about to fail my third quiz of the semester... 
Nina Zenik, as soon as I figure out where you've put my knives, we're going to have words."
She crouched with her hand out. What the hell was she doing… 
She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" 
I love you," he said.
Leslie-Ann set down her own bucket and watched, marveling, as a quarter of an inch of water covered ... 
So what's your doll's name?" Boo asked me.
She nodded... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and ... 
I'd love to, she finally said,"on one condition."
We were kissing.
She murmured, "You're unfinished."
I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure ... 
I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl,
I opened the bag and pulled out a small box of chocolates. “Happy anniversary.” 
I want you,” she said. “Naked.” 
You’re all right, Blue Eyes.” She lifted her head to look into them. “You’re all right, down... 
Well he didn't treat my mother very well. He did some horrible things."
What in hell is that?”
Now for my pains, promise me-“
I’m not sure,” she said. “There’s no one answer to that. You have to
She was desperate and she was choosey 
Stay,” she panted. Tears leaked from her eyes. “Stay till the end.” 
I guess that’s how well you know me. You think I like hearing this news.”
It’s midnight!” he says frantically, slapping at the door. “Call her. Call your roommate!”
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Lash had been explaining to her that it's impolite to refer to an African American as a nigga, unles... 
I’m Angelina,” she says. “Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in... 
I must have been in the car for a long time because eventually my sister found me there. I was chain... 
How did I love her?
In two easy strides, I reach her, weave my arms around her waist and lift her feet off the ground. M... 
I turn over and lie flat on my back,staring at the ceiling. When she slept beside me, I slept well. ... 
Shane looked down at the staked vamp at his feet. 'Claire?'
You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." 
I nodded. “I’m sorry I let you down.”
wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her... 
She knew it was time, 
I was distracted, thinking about what she'd said, until she got to this last part. "Sherman?" I said... 
Stop! Stop!” 
When she comes
I begged her, 'Please don't leave me stranded in the middle of some primitive zarking forest with no... 
What's that you're holding?" he asked, noticing the pamphlet, still rolled up in her left hand. 
I pity the woman who will love you
Hope Was but a timid friend;
Do you love him?” 
You knew, from the first day in Miss Garber’s class that I was going to do the play, didn’t you.... 
Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?”
Katniss: I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home. 
Whoa. Fangs. She had fangs.
Hadrian caught her arm. “You go back and we’ll continue searching.”
I’m sure you despise me,” she sobbed, looking up at him through tearful eyes.
This is your idea of a bribe?" Solomon's brow was still lifted.
A nod at Beatrice who held absolutely still. "She said she would come with me. She insisted on it. S... 
I turn to head outside when the boys make their way back into the house. Kel stops in the doorway an... 
What is it, Angel?" she said, starting up. "Have they come for me?"
Being young was her thing, and she was the best at it. But every year, more and more girls came out ... 
Kiss me,” she said urgently.
There was no twinkle in his eyes. 
There was something about my face,she said, that she couldn't stand. Something about my eyes, the wa... 
He saw it in her eyes. The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sou... 
“Here’s my number. I almost forgot to give it to you.” 
I just want to know—are you rooting for me? Are you hoping I pull this off?"
Jane," I said quietly.
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