“Everything inside me twisted in pain and relief. My brothers. I was in the same room as my brothers.”
“Like we were connected, the echo of his pain twisted inside inside me. his pain, my pain.”
“Pain shared, my brother, is pain not doubled but halved. No man is an island”
“Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.”
“The tears are falling freely now, and I don't care if he sees them. They're tears of relief for my nephew, worry for my grandfather and my brother, and shame for my mistake. I figure I earned them.”
“Retreat""I can't explain why I did these things, except to say that I carry a little imp inside me whose ambrosia is my brother's wrath.”