Sick Brother

Famous quotes containing the words sick and/or brother:

“Tell her, I’m sick of living; that I’m blown
By winds of grief from the course I ought to steer,”
—Petrarch (1304–1374)

“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class. At a time when I had not yet grasped the significance of the fact that in my house English was a second language, or that I wore dresses while my brother wore pants, I knew—and I knew it was important to know—that Papa worked hard all day long.”
—Vivian Gornick (b. 1935)