“All those years, as the only other person who understood their parents, he had absorbed her miseries offering silent sympathy or a squeeze on the shoulder or a wry smile.” EmpathySiblings Book:Everything I Never Told You Source: Everything I Never Told You
“When a long, long time later, he stares down at the silent blue marble of the earth and thinks of his sister, as he will at every important moment of his life. He doesn't know this yet, but he senses it deep down in his core. So much will happen, he thinks, that I would want to tell you.” GriefFamilySiblings Book:Everything I Never Told You Source: Everything I Never Told You
“Hannah, as if she understood her place in the cosmos, grew from quiet infant to watchful child: a child fond of nooks and corners, who curled up in closets, behind sofas, under dangling tablecloths, staying out of sight as well as out of mind, to ensure the terrain of the family did not change.” FamilyFamily RelationshipsSiblingsYoungest Child Book:Everything I Never Told You Source: Everything I Never Told You