Ann Brashares
Ann Brashares
Ann Brashares is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known as the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth30 July 1967
CityAlexandria, VA
CountryUnited States of America
voice effort perception
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.
people what-if recycled
What if people knew they were recycled? Would that change anything?
remember forget lost
you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.
memories agony leaving
Relief is a short-lived emotion, passive and thin. The agony of doubt disappears, leaving little memory of how it really felt. Life aligns behind the new truth.
guy insult wells
There was one thing Bridget like about guys. They took insults well.
mother jeans long-ago
It was their mothers, long ago. Tibby noted with joy that all four of them were wearing jeans.
sadness faces comfort
Sometimes you couldn’t face the sadness of being forgotten until you felt the comfort of being remembered again.
father people cases
Alice suspected Paul couldn’t really picture his father, just like she couldn’t picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.
transition moments made
There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was the moment she would dwell on.
wanted ifs
She wasn’t sure if he wanted more from her or if he wanted less. Maybe it was both. Maybe it was always both.
life healing pieces
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.
life cereal teeth
It was hard to feel the right emotions at the right times. They didn’t come at all when you set a place for them, and they sacked when you weren’t ready, when you were just innocently flossing your teeth, for example, or eating a bowl of cereal.
pain trying surround-yourself
You surround yourself with your pain or you avoid it and let it find you when you are trying to do other things
swimming together dying
I'm not going anywhere without you. We're swimming to China together. And if the worst happens, I'm dying with you before I'm living without you.