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
tired able want
She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she wanted or even want what she wanted.
mean knowing way
I mean putting yourself out there in the way of overwhelming happiness and knowing you're also putting yourself in the way of terrible harm. I'm scared to be this happy. I'm scared to be this extreme.
said
Everything I ever said to you was true and is true.
care hated
Marnie hated to see her spend so much of herself on someone who didn't care.
girl feet pants
Show me a girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and I'll show you a girl who can't put her pants on. -Annik Marchand
fun grumpy ask-me
Don't ask me any questions right now. I'm grumpy and I'll probablly make fun of you. -Effie Kaligaris
thinking stronger faces
I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.
sorry im-sorry
I’m sorry you asked me out, otherwise maybe I could have liked you.
self lame might
So far, she’d been her usual lame self: solitary and routine-loving, carefully avoiding any path that might lead to spontaneous human interaction. Lena Kaligaris
I like that you let yourself be surprised
people age shy
Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.
relief sometimes invisible
Sometimes it is a relief to be invisible
mother annoyed said
She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her.
girl our-actions obsessed
What can I say? I'm obsessed. And as we all know obsessed girls can't be held responsible for our actions.