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Grief was like a newborn, and the first three months were hard as hell, but by six months you'd recognized defeat, shifted your life around, and made room for it.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Three
Recognized
Around
Six
Firsts
Defeat
First
Grief
Hard
Months
Made
Room
Life
Rooms
Shifted
Like
Hell
Newborn

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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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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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We forgive and forget. At least I forgive and he forgets.
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The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin
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she never showed girly weaknesses like cellulite or crushes. she never lingered on injustices committed against her.
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At the worst possible moment, the most painful, darkest moment when you can't take it anymore and you are afraid, that is when a feeling of peace and comfort will come over you, and it's like nothing you've ever felt.
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I love her. I need her. I gave away everything I had for her. I just wanted her to know me.
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Please don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daughter)
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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.
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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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Wear them, they will make you brave.
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Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.
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