Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love you, no matter what.
Ann BrasharesMarnie loved her better and more honestly than anyone else in the world, with the possible exception of her mother, who loved her intensely if not honestly.
Ann BrasharesWhen you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.
Ann BrasharesRuins stood for what was lost, and yet there were beautiful-peaceful, historic, intellectual. Not tragic or regrettable. Lena tried to keep hers that way too, and she succeeded to some extent. Why not celebrate what you had rather than spend your time mourning its passing? There could be joy in things that ended.
Ann Brashares