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She was supposed to be putting her life together right now, and all she could seem to do was throw grenades at it.

She was supposed to be putting her life together right now, and all she could seem to do was throw grenades at it.

Ann Brashares
Together, Grenade, Supposed To Be
Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.134, Penguin

You should find him because he loves you.

Ann Brashares
Love You, Should
Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.36, Penguin

But I know this. We're ready to move forward again in our way. Together or apart, no matter how far apart, we live in one another. We go on together.

Ann Brashares
Moving, Together, Goes On
FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Nov 16, 2012

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
Expression, Waiting, Serious
Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.226, Random House

He just wanted to look at her and know her life was marching along under the same arch of time and space as he is.

Ann Brashares
Space, Looks, Arches
Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.82, Penguin

Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of Lena, her alternate universe, the life she yearned for but didn't get to have.

Ann Brashares
Beautiful, Cities, Water

She hadn't chosen the brave life. She'd chosen the small, fearful one.

Ann Brashares
Brave, Fearful, Chosen
Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.96, Random House

How could you cleanse yourself if you couldn’t forget?

Ann Brashares
Reflection, Forget, Ifs
Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.24, Penguin

What happened to me by myself felt partly dreamed, partly imagined, definitely shifted and warped by my own fears and wants. But who knows? Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.

Ann Brashares
How You Feel, Want, Feels
Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.207, Delacorte Press

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