Everyone is fragile. Everything beautiful is fragile Ann Brashares More Quotes by Ann Brashares More Quotes From Ann Brashares You could feel things or you could find a way to shut down. But once you were feeling things, you couldn’t decide exactly what to feel. That was the trouble with letting them in at all. They made a mess of the place. Ann Brashares troublefeelingsway The weather turned. Her skin seemed to grow a million extra pores, and all of them opened to take in the warmth and tenderness of the air. The sun on her face made her want to cry. Into all those millions of open pores came the sunshine, and other feelings as well. In and out. She was porous. Ann Brashares sunshineairweather Someday when you're twenty, maybe, I'll see you again. You'll be this hot soccer star at some great school, with a million guys more interesting than I am chasing you down. And you know what? I'll see you and I'll pray you want me still. Ann Brashares starssoccerschool She went around with a broken heart, and she wasn't sure who'd broken it. She thought it was herself, mostly. Ann Brashares broken-heartbrokenheart Why does he have to be my boyfriend? Are you inferior if you don't have a boyfriend? Why does everybody have to be in love with somebody? Ann Brashares inferiorsmy-boyfrienddoe I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up. Ann Brashares comedywritingcharacter Lena knew she had spent too much of her life in a state of passive dread, just waiting for something bad to happen. In a life like that, relief was as close as you got to happiness. Ann Brashares relieftoo-muchwaiting She wanted him to notice her so much. Ann Brashares wanted Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once loved him with all your heart. Ann Brashares make-you-happyheartbelieve Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and downticks- the itch tag at the back of your collar- that happened to every person in the course of the day. Maybe everybody had the same allotted measure of happiness within each day. Ann Brashares each-daylittlesmoving Particularly beautiful people were like particularly funny-looking people, though. Once you know them you mostly forgot about it. Ann Brashares beautiful-peoplebeautifulpeople As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages. Ann Brashares teenagegirlwriting As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you. Ann Brashares isolationimaginebook Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there. Ann Brashares strangecharactermoving I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child. Ann Brashares parentreadingchildren It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones. Ann Brashares easierbigsexpectations My household is, in a nice way, very busy. Ann Brashares nicebusyway The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated. Ann Brashares sophisticatedadultsbook To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world. Ann Brashares storieswritingthinking When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books. Ann Brashares twofatherbook
