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she looked up at the stars and gave Tibby thanks. She didn't have to throw her thoughts far to know they reached her.


Ann Brashares

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ANN SCHULTZ It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is tha...
ANN BEATTIE If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.
ANN LANDERS Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go h...
ANN LANDERS Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with ...
ANN LANDERS Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
ANN LANDERS The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
ANN LANDERS When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the f...
ANN RADCLIFFE When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.
ANN RADCLIFFE It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!
ANN RADCLIFFE There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not e...
ANN RADCLIFFE Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each o...
ANN RADCLIFFE All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good...
ANN LANDERS What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeab...
ANN RADCLIFFE There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.
ANN RADCLIFFE What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the so...
ANN RADCLIFFE Though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their p...
ANN RADCLIFFE The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinemen...
ANN RADCLIFFE Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.
ANN RADCLIFFE I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the o...
ANN RADCLIFFE Through the eight books in 'The Treasure Chest' series, readers will meet twins Maisie and F...
ANN HOOD In my adult life, I had spent a lot of time angry at God, mostly over the sudden deaths in my family...
ANN HOOD Admittedly, no Republican can get elected statewide in California anymore, but nor can what we think...
ANN COULTER Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonder...
ANN LANDERS I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the deci...
ANN RICHARDS I'm accusing Republicans of thinking the Jews have so much power.
ANN COULTER If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech cri...
ANN COULTER We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She too...
ANN HOOD