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. Ann Brashares More Quotes by Ann Brashares More Quotes From Ann Brashares Don't ask me any questions right now. I'm grumpy and I'll probablly make fun of you. -Effie Kaligaris Ann Brashares grumpy ask-me fun It took the real thing to show you the size of your delusions. Ann Brashares delusion size real What made you feel that stomach-churning agony for one person and not another? If Bridget were God, she would have made it against the law for you to feel that way about someone without them having to feel it for you right back. Ann Brashares agony law way They were here all at once, but not together. Survival took self-absorption, and it made them strangers with nothing to do and no way to relate. Emergencies gave you a shape and a plot to take part in, while death was no story at all. It left you nothing. Ann Brashares survival self together There was one thing Bridget like about guys. They took insults well. Ann Brashares insult wells guy The bottom had arrived. She crashed against it, but it brought no sense of closure or understanding. She just lay there at the bottom looking up. She knew there must be a very tiny circle of light up there somewhere, but just now she couldn’t see it. Ann Brashares circles understanding light Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris Ann Brashares What can I say? I'm obsessed. And as we all know obsessed girls can't be held responsible for our actions. Ann Brashares our-actions obsessed girl The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true Ann Brashares chance dream Sometimes it is a relief to be invisible Ann Brashares invisible relief sometimes How many times could you give up on someone you loved? Ann Brashares giving-up giving It was wrong. But it was worth it. Ann Brashares worth-it Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age. Ann Brashares shy age people I like that you let yourself be surprised Ann Brashares She was still waiting for him to come back to her, even though he wasn't going to. She was still holding out for something that wasn't going to happen. She was good at waiting. That seemed like a sad thing to be good at. Ann Brashares be-good stills waiting For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha. Ann Brashares saws names nurse She couldn’t hide from everyone for the rest of her life… Well she could. That was the direction things were going. But she knew from long-ago experience that when you were uncertain and if you were courageous enough to let her in a real friend could do a world of good. Ann Brashares long-ago real world You get older and you learn there is one sentence just four worlds long and if you can say it to yourself it offers more comfort than almost any other. It goes like this… Ready ” “Ready.” “At least I tried. Ann Brashares comfort long world She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to Ann Brashares strong have-faith trying She wondered if maybe tragedy was what it took to make your heart capable of admitting a new member. Ann Brashares admitting tragedy heart
