“Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, [Strayed] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from readings suffering everything from loveless marriages to abusive, drug-addicted brothers to disfiguring illnesses. The result: intimate, in-depth essays that not only took the letter writer's life into account but also Strayed's. Collected in a book, they make for riveting, emotionally charged reading (translation: be prepared to bawl) that leaves you significantly wiser for the experience. . . . Moving. . . . compassionate.” BookMovingSufferingReadingNamesResultsAdviceBrotherDrugLettersAccountsPreparedDepthIllnessIntimatePensCompassionateSugarWiserBe PreparedEssaysTranslationsWebsiteColumnsAbusiveLovelessReplyingLoveless Marriage Author:Leigh Newman
“While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging to the Deity that is purely philosophical. The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood - was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers.” ChildrenActionFatherJesusChristNaturalResultsPrinciplesBloodBrotherBirthJesus ChristPhilosophicalOur ChildrenFleshBelongingDeitiesOur FatherSaviourProvincesReferringFlesh And Blood Author:Brigham Young
“I think the Obama Administration has done a lousy job marketing and selling and explaining this entire thing. And, as a result, all of these right-wing front organizations financed by the Koch brothers, are blanketing the airwaves with lies about Obamacare. And people are scared.” PeopleThinkingDoneJobsLyingResultsFrontsBrotherOrganizationWingsMarketingScaredSellingAdministrationExplainingRight WingObamacare Author:Robert Reich
“The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1) He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. (2) He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. (3) He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. (4) He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results.” MenNeedsFirstsDifferentAgeAbleSpiritDesireIndividualResultsDealsStepsBoysBrotherMassGainsGuidesCorporatePlanesRealisingFirst StepsOutlookOlder BrotherDifferent AgesScoutmasters Author:Robert Baden-Powell
“There is, between the sexes, a law of incessant reciprocal action, of which God avails himself in the constitution of the family, when He permits brothers and sisters to nestle about the same hearthstone. Its ministration is essential to the best educational results. Our own educational institutions should rest upon this divine basis.” ShouldActionLawSexResultsEducationDivineBrotherEssentialsBasesConstitutionInstitutionsEducationalPermitBrothers And SistersIncessantReciprocalBest EducationEducational Institutions Author:Caroline Wells Healey Dall
“Appeasing the Castro brothers will only cause other tyrants from Caracas to Tehran to Pyongyang to see that they can take advantage of President Obama's naiveté during his final two years in office. As a result, America will be less safe as a result of the President's change in policy.” YearsTwoAmericaCausesPresidentChangeResultsPolicyBrotherSafeOfficeAdvantageFinalsTwo YearsTyrantsPresident ObamaCastroTehran Author:Marco Rubio
“I can't really blame a lot of young sisters and brothers who believe that education has anything to offer them. Because as a matter of fact, it has nothing to offer them. Suppose they do get a high school diploma that is meaningful. What kind of job is awaiting them. The jobs that used to be available to working class people are not there as a result of the de-industrialization of this economy.” PeopleBelieveKindI CanMatterFactsSchoolJobsYoungUsedResultsClassEconomyBrotherOffersHigh SchoolBlameAvailableMeaningfulUsed To BeWorking ClassBrothers And SistersMatter Of FactDiplomaIndustrializationHigh School Diploma Author:Angela Davis
“We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results.” KnowsArtLightResultsBrotherUniversal Author:Voltaire
“Mr. Bush is an illegitimate President. In Florida, his brother Jeb deleted many black voters from the electoral registers. So this President is the result of a fraud.” BlackPresidentResultsBrotherVotersFraudFloridaRegister Author:Hugo Chavez
“The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married. If my brother gets hit by a car tomorrow, my sister-in-law will go on living materially in the same way that she does now. If the same thing happens to me, a great deal of what I have will go off to the taxman. That's because of one of, as you doubtless know, eleven hundred federal laws that favor marriage.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayKindDoeHappensFacesLawResultsDealsCarBrotherGoes OnTomorrowGayMarriedHundredFinancialBurdenAbsenceFavorsThings HappenAll KindsMy BrotherMy SisterElevenIn-lawsGay PeopleSister In LawFinancial Burden Author:Andrew Solomon
“As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other billionaire families. These wealthy contributors can literally buy politicians and elections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the candidates of their choice. We need to overturn Citizens United and move toward public funding of elections so that all candidates can run for office without being beholden to the wealthy and powerful.” NeedsRunningMovingChoicesAbilityDecisionUnitedResultsPowerfulMillionsSupportDemocracyBrotherCitizensPoliticianOfficeElectionCourtDollarsSpendingSupremeCandidatesWealthySupreme CourtFundingBillionaireContributorsAmerican DemocracyCourt DecisionCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders