Ann Brashares Quotes

“In a way it scared me, having a summer of experiences and feelings that belonged to me alone. What happened in front of my friends felt read. What happened to me by myself felt partly dreamed, partly imagined, definitely shifted and warped by own fears and wants. And who knows? Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“We're the Septembers now. The real ones. We are everything to one another. We don't need to say so; it's just true. Sometimes it seems like we're so close we form one single complete person rather than four separate ones. We settle into types- Bridget the athlete, Lena the beauty, Tibby the rebel, and me, Carmen, the...what? The one with the bad temper. But the one who cares the most. The one who cares that we stick together.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“Her need was as big as the stars, and he was down there on the beach, so quiet she could hardly hear him.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“My mother says it can't stay like this, but I believe it will. The Pants are like an omen. They stand for the promise we made to one another, that no matter what happens, we stick together. But they stand for a challenge too. It's not enough to stay in Bethesda, Maryland, and hunker down in air-conditioned houses. We promise one another that someday we'd get out in the world and figure some stuff out.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“I feel like I should just love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't make yourself love someone, can you?”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants