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Ann Brashares, born on July 30, 1967, is a renowned film writer known for her profound character development and engaging storytelling.

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Famous Ann Brashares Quotes

“All the things she planned to feel, the way she planned to look and seem, the appropriate things she planned to say. None of them came to pass.”

Way Feels Looks Seems Appropriate

Book:The Last Summer (of You and Me)

Source: The Last Summer (of You and Me)

“Lena was an introvert. She knew she had trouble connecting with people. She always felt like her looks were fake bait, seeming to offer a bridge to people, which she couldn't easily cross.”

People Looks Felt Trouble Offers Crosses Bridges Fake Introvert Connecting Seeming Like Her Bait

Book:The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection

Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection

“Love didn't necessarily look the way you expected it to.”

Way Looks Expected

Book:3 Willows

Source: 3 Willows

“It was funny how the old practices always came around again. It was the rhythm of human enterprise to invent and worship some new approach, to fully reject it a generation later, to realize the need for it again a generation or two after that and then hastily reinvent it as new, usually without its original elegance. Scientists hated to look backward for anything.”

Needs Humans Looks Two Realizing Practice Generations Approach Worship Scientist Originals Rhythm Hated Enterprise Rejects Elegance New Approach

Book:My Name Is Memory

Source: My Name Is Memory

“She had never had a boy talk to her like that. There was no cover of bullshit, no flirtation, no added charm, but his look was searing. He was different from anyone she had known.”

Looks Different Known Boys Charm Bullshit Flirtation

Book:My Name Is Memory

Source: My Name Is Memory

“He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all.”

Thinking Looks Eye Remember Conquer His Eyes

Book:My Name Is Memory

Source: My Name Is Memory

“There was love expressed in the places you usually forget to look.”

Looks Forget

Author:Ann Brashares

“She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk.”

Looks Would Be Romance Fun Easy Risk Willing Adventure Habit Quiet Painful Plenty Looking Back

Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

“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.”

Knows Looks Wanted Space Time And Space Arches

Book:My Name Is Memory

Source: My Name Is Memory

“Maybe they would look at each other and feel some odd yearning, but neither of them would know why. They would want to stop, but they would be embarrassed, and neither would know what to say. They would go their separate ways. Who knew? Maybe that happened every day to people who'd once loved each other.”

People Knows Way Want Feels Looks Would Be Happened Odd Yearning Embarrassed Separate Ways

Book:My Name Is Memory

Source: My Name Is Memory

“I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.”

Looks Sometimes Beautiful Decision Mistake Critical Supposed To Be Prime Critical Decisions

Author:Ann Brashares

About the Author

Born: July 30, 1967
Known for: Film writer
Quotes: 314

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My Name Is MemoryRelated source material

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete CollectionRelated source material

Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A NovelRelated source material

The Last Summer (of You and Me)Related source material

Sisterhood EverlastingRelated source material

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the SisterhoodRelated source material

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