"Dad thinks I'm ready to fly around the country as the Ambassador of Hope, but Mom thinks I'm a frail little bird with broken wings."
- Clara Kensie
"Hope is made of air, and wishes. An empty box wrapped in shiny paper.And now Dad wants me to be the ambassador of hope for his foundation. How can I be the ambassador of hope, when hope doesn't change..."
"Hope is made of air, and wishes. An empty box wrapped in shiny paper."
"My father is using me as a message of hope. My sister is using me as a message of fear.I don't want to be used by anybody."
"If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?"
- Jodi Picoult
"There once was a girl who found herself dead.She peered over the ledge of heavenand saw that back on earthher sister missed her too much,was way too sad,so she crossed some pathsthat would not have cr..."
- Jandy Nelson
"Not only had my brother disappeared, but--and bear with me here--a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be t..."
- John Corey Whaley
"The knowledge of death seemed present in both sisters—it was something about the way they carried themselves, something that had broken too soon and had not mended, marking them in spite of their ligh..."
- Jhumpa Lahiri
"From her thighs, she gives you lifeAnd how you treat she who gives you lifeShows how much you value the life given to you by the Creator.And from seed to dustThere is ONE soul above all others --That ..."
- Suzy Kassem
"We don't even know we are family of faith?"
- Lailah Gifty Akita