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People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Sometimes
Believe
Impressions
People
Impression
Talk
Truth
Power
Firsts
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Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson
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She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy.
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Healing wasn’t always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it healed too thick and too well and left separate pieces fused and incompetent. And it was harder to reopen after that.
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I love the idea of fictional worlds kind of all cohering in some way.
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She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet stretch of hours in the studio.
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Love is like war easy to begin, hard to end.
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He was the strangest of strangers in that he was also her oldest friend.
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What if people knew they were recycled? Would that change anything?
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I love that blurry place where life’s transitions are made without you even knowing it.
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When you remembered to forget, you were remembering. It was when you forgot to forget that you forgot.
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As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.
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How terrible would it be to just wait there pathetically alone for him never to show up? Eudoxia's expression grew more serious. That's what you're doing anyway, my dear.
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She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk.
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Sometimes he felt sure that the key to happiness was a poor memory.
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Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.
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Starting is hard so I really need to give myself permission to do a bad job. I always give myself leave to write total nonsense for as long as I need to release the pressure, because it's really hard to start if you feel like that first sentence you write has to actually mean something.
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I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and engagingly as I can, and then let the chips fall where they may.
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I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always search for her I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.
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A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.
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