“The great hits of history go along without the notice of most. I read about them in books like everybody else.” -My Name is Memory
“I think pants have unique qualities, especially in a woman’s life. Whatever bodily insecurities we have, we seem to take out on our pants.” -Ann Brashares
“Daniel was more like a ghost than a person, watching people, waiting for people. Not to talk to them or hold them or build a life with them but just to remember them.” -Ann Brashares, My Name is Memory
“I tried to stick close to the characters, to not make arbitrary decisions about what they would or wouldn’t do, but rather to just be guided by them—who they are, what they’re doing and what they’re thinking about. I tried to be as truthful to their experience as I could.” -Ann Brashares
“There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.” -Oscar Wilde
Courage
“The worse and more terrifying and more counterintuitive it was, the more it was the thing you were supposed to do.” -Ann Brashares, 3 Willows
“You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.” -Winston Churchill
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