Ann Brashares Quotes

Remember to let her into your heart.

We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don't mean.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

My biggest lesson I've learned about love is to keep on loving. Love is love; it's amazing. It's fine. It hurts. It's probably one of the best experiences in life.

You would be surprised at the lengths you will go to believe the best about someone if you truly love him

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

Rose, nothing in this world could make me hate you." "Not even trying to bring my ex-boyfriend back from the dead?

Simply put: love does.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

At the very least i should fear you. some would say that I should hate you." "Many would say that." "Yet i neither fear nor hate you." "You-you are comforting me. Giving me sanctuary. Why, Grandma?" Aurox asked. "Because I believe in the power of love. I believe in chosing Light over Darkness-happiness over hatred-trust over skeptism.

If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be hurt sometimes, but if you don't, you'll never be happy. The one you find may not be the kind of woman you expected to fall in love with, but it wont matter, you'll love her for exactly what she is.

I believe love opens people up.

Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.

Is it needy? It's not. We don't need each other. We just really, really enjoy each other. And we're good together. We're good people together. And I have the funniest feeling. I can really, truly touch this all, this happiness and the sadness too, I can trace all of it with my fingers. It isn't theoretical or distant. This feels like me. This is me. I love him, and, for the first time in a relationship, I also like me. Every time he says "I love you," I answer, "I believe you.

You can't always trust people with your heart, but you should still love anyway. That's what I would say.

I have been in relationships, and I felt that I was in love, but I don't know if love lasts forever.

Marriage should never become an adjustment or a compromise. Both the partners should be equally happy and willing to invest their love, care, and respect in the relationship - only then it works.

Being in love is all about the ability to give rather than take. It is not easy, but if you can accept this, then you will experience love.

I'd got into the habit of needing that security, love, and acceptance from a guy to make me happy.

If you love a person, you love everything about him or her.

How could anybody possibly have a problem with two people falling in love and finding happiness together?

I realize that I'm one of those guys that if I'm not with you, you hate me. But when I'm with you, you understand who I am and what I'm about and love me.

I do believe in love. I don't believe you find it at 16 but I think I believe in it.