Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway. If you don't try, you save nothing, because you might as well be dead.
Ann BrasharesThere was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.
Ann BrasharesShe wondered if maybe tragedy was what it took to make your heart capable of admitting a new member.
Ann BrasharesPlease don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daughter)
Ann Brashares