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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

 Ann Brashares
 

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1. She squinted, wishing for a break in the clouds. She wanted to see the ocean. She wanted to figure out which way was north. She wanted the big picture before she landed.
 
 
2. “Is it possible it's not the worst thing in the world?” she asked, looking down. “I mean, compared to the really bad things?”
 
 
3. Whether he spoke the truth or not, he thought he could make her feel better, and he really, really wanted to.
   But it wasn't what she needed. Her need was as big as the stars, and he was down there on the beach, so quiet she could hardly hear him.
 
 
4. They gave her courage. The Pants mysteriously held the attributes of her three best friends, and luckily bravery was one of them. She would give the Pants what meager gifts she had, but courage was the thing she would take.
 
 
5. Maybe, she thought as she walked, Brian McBrian was onto something important. Maybe happiness didn't have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was about stringing together a bunch of small pleasures.
 
 
 
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