#brother

Rehvenge, I’m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.” “I thought your mother was dead.” “She is.” “You have a very low standard for communication. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#black-dagger-brotherhood #humor #j-r-ward #rehvenge #communication

That is one fine female, true?" V said. There was a low, affirmative grumble. "And someone you do not want to mess with," the brother continued. "Man, you should have seen her when we came into that barn. She was standing over his body, ready to take the cop and me on with her bare hands if she had to. Like Wrath was her cub, you feel me?" "Wonder if she has a sister?" Rhage asked. Phury laughed. "You wouldn't know what to do with yourself if you ran into a female of worth." "This coming from you, Celibate?" But then Hollywood rubbed the stubble on his chin, as if considering the ways of the universe. "Ah, hell, Phury, you're probably right. Still, a male can dream." "He sure can," V murmured. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#dark-lover #dreams

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment. ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#apart #balance #big #big night #breakfast

My brother trolled recovery and support groups, searching for women with dependency issues, the way I frequented bookstores with the hope of finding a well-adjusted, intelligent woman. Between us, his record was more stellar, his sin more reprehensible; though, knowing my brother, he slept soundly through the night without ever experiencing the slightest remorse. ↗

— Richard J. O'Brien

#dating #family-relationships #recovery #remorse #sin

I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . . ↗

— Jennifer Haigh

#companionship #family #growing-up #secrets #sisters

Why, the whole world of knowledge is not worth that child's prayer to 'dear, kind God'! I say nothing of the sufferings of grown-up people, they have eaten the apple, damn them, and the devil take them all! But these little ones! The Brothers Karamazov Ivan to Alyosha, on the suffering and torture of children, " Book V - Pro and Contra, Chapter 4 - Rebellion. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#community #faith #god #nihilism #suffering

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#brothers #death #friendship #death

Look closely into the eyes of those around you, it is always you looking right back, admiring, observing, and trying to tell you that We are One ↗

— Martin Suarez

#family #life-lessons #sisters #unity #we-are-one

The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful. ↗

— Mike Norton

#brotherhood #envy #friend #friendship #need

Well, my brother says Hello. So, hooray for speech therapy. ↗