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

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Carmen
Grandmother
Wish
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You surround yourself with your pain or you avoid it and let it find you when you are trying to do other things
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She had never had a boy talk to her like that. There was no cover of bullshit, no flirtation, no added charm, but his look was searing. He was different from anyone she had known.
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There was love expressed in the places you usually forget to look.
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A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.
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She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she wanted or even want what she wanted.
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Parents were the only ones obligated to love you from the rest of the world you had to earn it.
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Every life I start with her, my original sin. I know myself through her.
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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
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Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love you, no matter what.
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She knew whose love she doubted. It wasn't her parents' and it wasn't her friends: It was her own.
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Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and contolled it, whereas the sadness owned her.
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Sometimes you need to make a mess. -Loretta, the Rollinses' hosekeeper
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Marnie loved her better and more honestly than anyone else in the world, with the possible exception of her mother, who loved her intensely if not honestly.
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It’s natural to overlook and even sacrifice the things that belong to us most easily most gracefully. So here’s me asking you to please not make that mistake.
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What Daniel taketh away, Daniel giveth.
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Luck never gives it lends.
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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. I'm afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies.
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He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all.
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She thought she was independent and strong, but she got one small taste of love and she was hungrier than anyone. She was ravenous.
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One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.
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