"Spouses have each other, and even when one eventually dies, they have memories of a time when they existed before that other person and can more readily imagine a life without them. Likewise, parents may have other children to be concerned with--a future to protect for them. To lose a sibling is to lose the one person with whom one shares a lifelong bond that is meant to continue on into the future."

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Source : John Corey Whaley (2012). “Where Things Come Back”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

John Corey Whaley

#Children Quotes #Memories Quotes #Sibling Quotes

“You don't get what you want. You get what you are.”
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
“I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldnt do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, Wow, they never told me no!”
“In the U.S., ironically, people work longer hours in the U.S. than they do in Europe or in any other industrialized country. They seem utterly oblivious to May Day, don't really know what it is - our own history.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.”

Source : "Not dead yet: the newspaper in the days of digital anarchy" by Bill Keller, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2007.
“I know everyone hates when I say this, they think it's a cliché, but if you don't feel good in the bathing suit you're not going to look good. Confidence is really important.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.”
“Songs are puzzles - you get an intro, or maybe an end, but you gotta fill in the rest. Sometimes they come easy and sometimes they're a pain in the ass.”

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