124 quotes found
“Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.”
“Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.”
“Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.”
“The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful.”
“Ethan was loyal and funny and protective. When we were little, he was the brother most likely to make me cryand mostly likely to wipe away my tears.”
“I love God, Jesus Christ, my three children, mother, father, brother, sisters, family in general, my pets, my students, and true friends.”
“It's a commonly expressed and rather nice, romantic notion that we are all "sisters" and "brot”
“Maybe we would grow apart, he would develop a personality that I would know nothing about, we would start our families, have children of our own, and there would come a point when in thinking about...”
“You can only be your brother's keeper if he allows you”
“I tried to put myself in his place, and realized we looked exactly like what we were: a family. These strangely tied together individuals trying desperately to keep both ourselves and one another h...”
“who knows you better than your own brother?”
“Is he always like that?' Sandra asked.'Well, he lives his life courting different girls week and after week and being incredibly successful, so you're pretty much giving him a run for his money,' h...”
“You don't get to be a keeper of the faith without being a keeper of your brother.”
“I don't feel the need to explain my actions to her. I don't clarify, I don't doubt, I don't worry. I don't tell her everything, not anymore, but I tell her more than anyone else, by far. I tell her...”
“Like Mum and that bastard. You mean Da?Call him what you like.”
“I have lost you, my brotherAnd your death has ended The spring seasonOf my happiness, our house is buried with youAnd buried the laughter that you taught me.There are no thoughts of love nor of po...”
“Fear manifested itself as a physical presence that seemed to dominate the public sphere. Time almost stopped. Even without confirmation I could sense that something had gone terribly wrong.”
“If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.”
“He actually did it, didn't he?" Marsh said, shaking his head in wonder. "That bastard. There are two things I'll never forgive him for. The first is for stealing my dream of overthrowing the Final ...”
“For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.”
