
“Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares. Released by Random House, the novels tell the continuing story of four young girls who acquire a pair of jeans that fit all four of them perfectly, even though they are all different shapes and sizes. The four main characters are Lena Kaligaris, Tabitha "Tibby" Rollins, Bridget "Bee" Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell. Carmen delivers the opening prologue and epilogue in first person and tends to play the role throughout the series of keeping the group of friends together.The series begins in Bethesda, Maryland with the four girls beginning the summer prior to their junior year in high school, and then follows them through four consecutive summers, finally ending with the summer break following their freshman year of college. During this time the girls develop in various ways, but their ultimate goal is to learn to become individuals whilst maintaining their childhood friendship that makes them whole. A spin-off novel was released in 2011 and picks up about ten years later, as the girls are about to turn 30.
“Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“Your problem isn't the problem, it's your attitude about the problem.”
Variant: The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“Wish for what you want, work for what you need.
-Carmen's grandmother”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“I always interpret coincidences as little clues to our destiny”
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“Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved?
-Lena Kaligaris”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants