But in dying so suddenly her mother had become a riddle at the gate instead of the road you walked to get there.

He may be my half brother, but we're not related. A chasm of incommunicable worlds lies between us." (p. 70)

The things that matter most to me are eternal. The bonds of love shared within a family I believe to be eternal.

Often the truth is in front of your face, but your eyes and heart are so full of lies that you can't see it.

A true diamond never over shadows... it's the brilliance of the subtle shine that's the most attractive.

It was as though everything that mattered was encapsulated in that last moment of my blissful state of oblivion.

I liked the fact that I could be who I wanted to be without my sister's voice reminding me of who I had been.

My uncle's a big drinker. In fact, he just got a liver transplant. They replaced it with a bottle of whiskey.

What a bargain grandchildren are I give them my loose change and they give me a million dollars worth of pleasure

Your family should be there. Your family should always be there. What does it say about you if they aren't?

I pause to catch my breath, looking around at all the toys he's paid for and never once enjoyed with his son.

When our relatives are at home we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them

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I had to kill and eat my pet chicken. It was dinner for one, because the night before I killed and ate my grandpa.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education