Ashley

“She wanted his profession of feelings to do the trick. She really did. She knew he wanted that too. Whether he spoke the truth or not, he thought he could make her feel better, and he really, really wanted to. But it wasn't what she needed. 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

“Seneca’s line “Let the wickedness escape . . . for every guilty person is his own hangman.”
― Karen Mack, Freud's Mistress

“It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends.”
― Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

“Fine, blood was thicker than water. But friendship, it struck Tibby, was thicker than both.”
― Ann Brashares, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood