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“We are brothers and sisters. We are a sacred family.”

Book:Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

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“I guess that’s how well you know me. You think I like hearing this news.” “I’m sorry. This is selfish. I just need to tell someone … outside my life. Get it out of my head, to keep from going nuts, but somewhere safe.” She sees me as safe? This brings tears to my eyes. “I trust you, Clem. Are you pissed?”

Love Tears Trust Safe Selfish Guts Sisters Pissed

Book:I See You Everywhere

Source: I See You Everywhere

“I remember at the reception you said to me, 'I'm the daughter of a father who's been married five times. Mother killed herself. My sister killed herself. My brother has been in a mental institution. I'm twenty-three and divorced with two kids.' I said, 'Brooke, either you've got to open the window right now'--we were on the tenth floor--'either you've got to open the window right now and jump out, or say "I'm going to live," because you're right, it's the worst family history that anybody ever had, and either you jump out the window or you live.”

Family Suicide Mothers Sisters

Book:Haywire

Source: Haywire

“You know, they've got these chocolate assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat all the ones you like, and the only ones left are the ones you don't like as much? I always think about that when something painful comes up. Now I just have to polish these off, and everything'll be OK. Life is a box of chocolates. I suppose you could call it a philosophy.”

Life Philosophy Truth Chocolate Assortments

Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“They must not understand why he’s really asking, I think; they must none of them have sisters.”

Sisters

Book:The Insects of Love

Source: The Insects of Love

“With the long list of supposedly health-endangering meals on our menus, ‘starving’ seems like a healthy option to have on our list of safe-to-eat meals.”

Family Wife Food Humour Meals Mothers Sisters Chefs

Author:Uche Mac-Auley

“I pray for my sister. That she be allowed to discover grace and find peace without drugs. That her hair grows. That some of her pain be driven from her and given to me because I think I can handle it. I pray for her kids. That they find they have a chance to grow up knowing they were loved.”

Prayer Sisters

Book:The Interruption of Everything

Source: The Interruption of Everything

“I contemplated the phone for some time. Never had I heard her so oddly gay and forthright; as a matter of fact, we hadn't discussed sex since adolescence. Her entire inner life was secretive and mysterious, and no one dared violate it. She sent out powerful "No Trespassing" signals and I had learned to honor them. It crossed my mind that my sister was drunk.”

Family Sisters

Book:Haywire

Source: Haywire

“In photographs of us together, she is always looking at the camera, and I am always looking at her.”

Love Beautiful Sisters

Book:The Sky Is Everywhere

Source: The Sky Is Everywhere

“It's the person that calls you up because they're eating at ‘our favorite spot,’ and it made them think of you and miss being there with you. That's a friend, to me.”

Friendship Sweet Caring Sisters Sentimental True Friend Best Friends Heartfelt Missing You Endearing Favorite Sarah Quotes About Friendship Quotes About Friends

Book:Write like no one is reading 2

Source: Write like no one is reading 2

“You are blood. You are sisters. No man can break that bond.”

Family Sisters Family Relationships Family Drama Sister Sisterhood Woman S Strength Sister Love

Book:A Peach of a Pair

Source: A Peach of a Pair

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