It was funny how the old practices always came around again. It was the rhythm of human enterprise to invent and worship some new approach, to fully reject it a generation later, to realize the need for it again a generation or two after that and then hastily reinvent it as new, usually without its original elegance. Scientists hated to look backward for anything.
Ann BrasharesThe present no matter what I brought couldn’t change the past. The Past was set and sealed.
Ann BrasharesThe distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.
Ann BrasharesYou hold on to old experiences: injuries, injustices, and great love affairs, too. And you hold them in your joints and your organs, and wear them on your skin.
Ann Brashares