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It was funny to hear her voice aloud. Her thoughts and perceptions usually existed so deep inside her, they rarely made it to the surface without a deliberate effort.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Without
Usually
Made
Thoughts
Aloud
Deep
Perceptions
Inside
Deliberate
Hear
Existed
Effort
Rarely
Funny
Surface
Voice
Perception

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Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson
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I love that blurry place where life’s transitions are made without you even knowing it.
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She must have sensed she never really had him. That was a sadness of hers, he knew.
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She had willed her heart to stay small and contained, but it wouldn’t be. Oh, well.
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Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself across the chasm of full adulthood to relive that period? I guess I don’t, really. Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.
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Tibby cried into her soup when it finally came. I'm scared... , she told it. The carrots and peas made no reply, but she felt better for having told them.
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She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to
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But will he come I just want to know what you think the odds are. Tell me what you really think. I think Tibby was a wise girl. I think she loved you.
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you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.
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Wear them, they will make you brave.
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