Ann Brashares Quotes about Memories

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One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.

One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.

Ann Brashares

Memories, Promise, Good Memories

Ann Brashares (2007). “Summers of the Sisterhood”, Corgi Childrens

Her body was a prison, her mind was a prison. Her memories were a prison. The people she loved. She couldn't get away from the hurt of them. She could leave Eric, walk out of her apartment, walk forever if she liked, but she couldn't escape what really hurt. Tonight even the sky felt like a prison.

Ann Brashares

Hurt, Memories, Sky

Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.74, Random House

He had to fight. That's all he had. Not memories, not experiences, not skills. He had a will. And his will was to fight until he couldn't fight anymore.

Ann Brashares

Memories, Fighting, Skills

Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.210, Penguin

A lot of friendship is about practice, that’s something I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older. It’s not simply some spiritual soul-bond of memories and longings, it’s really about having coffee every week, or talking on the phone every day or every other day - whatever suits you.

Ann Brashares

Spiritual, Memories, Coffee

FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Sep 26, 2011

But it was smell that carried memory.

Ann Brashares

Memories, Smell

Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.81, Penguin

Sometimes he felt sure that the key to happiness was a poor memory.

Ann Brashares

Memories, Keys, Sometimes

Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.172, Penguin

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.

Ann Brashares

Memories, Agony, Leaving

FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Mar 29, 2013

You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives. It`s you who makes me a person.

Ann Brashares

Memories, Firsts, Thread

Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.114, Penguin

It was a blessing and also a curse of handwritten letters that unlike email you couldn’t obsessively reread what you’d written after you’d sent it. You couldn’t attempt to un-send it. Once you’d sent it it was gone. It was an object that no longer belonged to you but belonged to your recipient to do with what he would. You tended to remember the feeling of what you’d said more than the words. You gave to object away and left yourself with the memory. That was what it was to give.

Ann Brashares

Memories, Blessing, Giving

Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.206, Random House