Rebecca

“So far, she’d been her usual lame self: solitary and routine-loving, carefully avoiding any path that might lead to spontaneous human interaction.
Lena Kaligaris”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“How sad it was, Carmen thought, that you acted awful when you were desperately sad and hurt and wanted to be loved. How tragic then, the way everyone avoided you and tiptoed around you when you really needed them. Carmen knew this vicious predicament as well as anyone in the world. How bitter it felt when you acted badly to everyone and ended up hating yourself the most.”
― Ann Brashares, Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

“I mean putting yourself out there in the way of overwhelming happiness and knowing you're also putting yourself in the way of terrible harm. I'm scared to be this happy. I'm scared to be this extreme.”
― Ann Brashares, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

“Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants