Type: Writer of young adult fiction
Born: July 30, 1967
Died:
Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with three brothers and attended a Quaker school in the D.C. area called Sidwell Friends.
We follow our scripts like actors in a very large, very long production. And even with no audience, none of us gives a hint that it isn't real.
Love, Friendship, Loss
She felt like parts of her soul were missing, had left her body long ago. It had happened not in Greece three months ago, but long before that. It was in Greece that she'd realized those parts had left her and were not coming back.
Soul, Missing, Body
She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she would lose it.
Courage, Bravery, Chance
...he had found the courage once in his life to seize a chance at love from a person who knew how to give it. Lena prayed on these two moons that she would find that same courage.
Love, Courage
Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and controlled it, whereas the sadness owned her.
Sadness, Emotions, Anger