" When my sister, Joan, arrived I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvelous friend she’s been, I’m so glad my parents didn’t take me at my word. "

— Maeve Binchy

" A brother is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. "

— Marion C. Garretty

" We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. "

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. "

— Harvey Fierstein

" "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." "

— John Lennon

" What we think, we become. "

— Buddha