The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin
Ann BrasharesThe distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.
Ann BrasharesYou get older and you learn there is one sentence just four worlds long and if you can say it to yourself it offers more comfort than almost any other. It goes like thisโฆ Ready โ โReady.โ โAt least I tried.
Ann BrasharesPeople left a lot of things behind when they went in the water. Their clothes, their stuff, their makeup, their fixed-up hair, their voices, their hearing, their sight--at least as they normally experienced them....Some people lost their individuality in the water, but Riley always felt most herself. Water was supposed to symbolize renewal, she knew, but when Riley swam, pared down, alone, and unreachable--she felt a deeper sense of who she already was.
Ann Brashares