“You know, I have had a terrible life. I married two men I really didn't like. My only daughter was killed in a car accident. My brother committed suicide. Has my life been a life for anyone to envy?” KnowsMenTwoCarBrotherTerribleMarriedDaughterSuicideCommittedEnvyAccidentsMy BrotherCar AccidentOnly Daughter Author:Clare Boothe Luce
“This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred, we are devastated to report that our beloved brother, son, and friend, Sawyer Sweeten, took his own life. He was weeks away from his 20th birthday. At this sensitive time, our family requests privacy and we beg of you to reach out to the ones you love.” LoveLifeMorningWeekSonBrotherTerribleTragedyBelovedOur FamilySensitiveReportsBirthdayPrivacyLove LifeReach OutRequestDevastatedSawyer20th BirthdayBeloved Brother Author:Madylin Sweeten
“I started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery is sometimes funny, sometimes terrible, always painfully honest. The matching of Eminem and Rihanna on "Love the Way You Lie" is pure genius. "Not Afraid" is pretty great too.” ThinkingWayKindSometimesLyingHonestBrotherGeniusTerriblePureHip HopRecoveryHipsHopsNot AfraidFlashMatching Author:Stephen King
“In high school, my friend and I discovered that your cable-access station had to let you do whatever you wanted - it was like the Wild West. We made a couple weird things, like a tribute to the Zucker brothers, where we had a panel discussion about the Naked Gun movies. We wrote a script and made jokes that I'm sure were terrible and showed clips of The Naked Gun without permission.” MadeWantedSchoolBrotherCoupleTerribleJokesGunHigh SchoolMy FriendsWestScriptsAccessNakedDiscussionStationsPermissionCablesTributeWeird ThingsClipWild West Author:Michael Schur
“I feel terrible for a Palestinian child who dies. But, if it's your father, your brother or your uncle who was firing those rockets into Israel, whose fault is it really? Do you really expect the Israelis not to retaliate?” IfsFeelsChildrenDiesFatherBrotherTerribleFaultsIsraelPalestinianUnclesRocketsYour BrotherFiring Author:Bill Maher
“When I think how much my Protestant brothers and sisters are missing in not having Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist; when I kneel before the Eucharist and realize I am as truly in Christ's presence as the apostles were but that my Protestant brothers and sisters don't know that, don't believe that - I at first feel a terrible gap between myself and them. What a tremendous thing they are missing!” ThinkingKnowsFeelsFirstsBelieveRealChristRealizingMissingBrotherTerribleDon't BelieveGapsBrothers And SistersApostlesProtestantsEucharist Book:Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture War Source: Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture War
“The reconciliation is not based on the fact that one of the characters opens his eyes and says, "O brother! O sister! How terrible I was! How right and wonderful you were! Please forgive me! Let's hug and love each other from now until the rest of eternity!" This is not the kind of reconciliation I write about; I write about sad, sober, sometimes heart-breaking compromises.” WritingHeartKindSometimesCharacterFactsEyeWonderfulBrotherTerriblePleaseAnd LoveEternityForgivingCompromiseHis EyesHugSoberReconciliationLove Each OtherForgive MeHeart BreakingPlease Forgive Me Author:Amos Oz