Older brothers Quote by Laini Taylor

“Things can kill you. All kinds of things, like toys, or older brothers. And as she'd grown up, that list had just gotten longer…

— Laini Taylor

“...and she thought she understood, for the first time, the strange and terrible power a parent has over a child's happiness, and also how…

— Meg Mitchell Moore

“She thought that things could not get worse . . . but they always can, and often do.”

— Stephen King

“She was a thinking child, and worked this out. It hurt her, unlike most knowledge, which was strength and pleasure.”

— A.S. Byatt

“I felt there was a lot I needed to teach her. I wanted to give her an early grounding in the basics of arithmetic…

— Jeannette Walls

“She stares at her knife and wishes she were smarter about things. Wishes she knew how to say something wise or consoling to him,…

— Diane Abu-Jaber

“For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good fortune for…

— Stewart O'Nan

“She got that urge she used to get as a kid — like she knew there was nothing there, it was just her imagination,…

— Tim McBain

“Plus she’d been taught to appreciate what she had. It seemed as if today’s kids focused on things they didn’t have and how to…

— Kendra Elliot

“With her ten-year-old nephew as a guide, she tried to think of it as an adventure. And then came the more difficult part-she had…

— Laurie Fabiano

“It occurred to her then that there was a reason age stripped you of all the things you enjoyed or took for granted. It…

— Laura McHugh

“She was on a real, grown-up adventure, no matter how badly it should turn out.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink