" Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. "

— Charles Swindoll

" Because I have a brother, I'll always have a friend. "

— Unknown

" A sibling may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self. "

— Marian Sandmaier

" New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. "

— Lao Tzu

" The return makes one love the farewell. "

— Alfred de Musset

" The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. "

— Jean Giraudoux