Brother Died Quotes

• The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come upon me at times... What do you think of this, Holmes? Sholto was, on his own confession, with his brother last night. The brother died in a fit, on which Sholto walked off the treasure! How's that?" "On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside," said Holmes.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Brother, Thinking, Night

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• Let's face it, fashion was destroyed by HIV. People would just die like flies in the eighties. Then, my brother died of HIV, so I was shaken by it in a way that you cannot imagine. It has sadly been in my life ever since and affected it for such a long time. It won't let go. To me, it's a fight that's not finished. Of course, there are medicines that help, but half the world has no access to them.

  Carla Bruni

  Letting Go, Fashion, Brother

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Through the process of specifically writing this memoir, there was so much reckoning that I had to do. It was very difficult. It doesn't erase anything that happened, but I think that it was healthy for me to do it. The teenage self-loathing that I suffered from all of a sudden found itself turned into rapids with my grief after my brother died. I turned it inwards. In the same way that my mom processes her grief and her problems. This project, as a memoir, has helped me funnel it outwards.

  Jesmyn Ward

  Mom, Brother, Teenage

  Source: therumpus.net

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• My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life.

  Quincy Jones

  Brother, Real, Cancer

  "Grammy Legend Award". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 28, 2000.

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• Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

  Marc Forster

  Brother, Father, Fighting

  "An Interview With “The Kite Runner” Director Marc Forster". Interview with Jacob Bernstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• I was not sorry when my brother died.

  Tsitsi Dangarembga

  Brother, Sorry, Died

  "Nervous Conditions". Book by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1988.

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• I died upon that mountain. There is no question. A part of me will forever be upon that mountain. Dead. That's my brothers died. If there's a part of me that live, because of my brothers. Because of them I am still alive, and I can never forget, that no matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall. You are never out of the fight.

  Marcus Luttrell

  Hurt, Brother, Fall

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• Ironically my brother died in a car accident shortly after Airbag was recorded. He's not an identical twin so I didn't care.

  Thom Yorke

  Brother, Car, Twins

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• People always stay the age that they died at. My big brother died of leukemia when I was six. He was eight. Now when I think of him, he's always eight, and he's still my big brother. He never changes, and the part of me that remembers him never changes.

  Christopher Moore

  Brother, Thinking, Eight

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• Granana doesn't understand what the big deal is. She didn't cry at Olivia's funeral, and I doubt she even remembers Olivia's name. Granana lost, like, ninety-two million kids in childbirth. All of her brothers died in the war. She survived the Depression by stealing radish bulbs from her neighbors' garden, and fishing the elms for pigeons. Dad likes to remind us of this in a grave voice, as if it explained her jaundiced pitilessness: "Boys. Your grandmother ate pigeons."

  Karen Russell

  Brother, Dad, War

  "Haunting Olivia" by Karen Russell, www.newyorker.com. June 13, 2005.

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• I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.

  Gary Numan

  Baby, Cousin, Brother

  "Gary Numan: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.

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• I keep my skin - especially on my face and neck - out of the sun. My brother died of melanoma eight years ago, and I've got SPF on all the time, 24-7. It makes you realize, the sun is a wonderful thing, but it can be a very devastating thing. So sunscreen is key, and a lot of laughter, too.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Brother, Laughter, Keys

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