" When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. "

— Alexander Graham Bell

" What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. "

— Friedrich Nietzsche

" A sibling may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self. "

— Marian Sandmaier

" A goodbye isn’t painful unless you’re never going to say hello again. "

— Unknown

" The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. "

— Alfred Noyes

" Silence is more musical than any song. "

— Christina Rossetti