BookBrief Logo
The Things a Brother Knows
Goodreads ratings
3.85 / 5
Add to Your Library

Sign in to save this book to your reading lists

"The Things a Brother Knows" Quotes

Levi's return from the Marines prompts his younger brother to embark on a journey to truly understand the changes he's undergone.

Quotes

The thing no one tells you about surviving, about the mere act of holding out, is how many hours are nothing because nothing happens.

Dana Reinhardt

survivalperseverance

It's the waiting that's the worst. The waiting and the not knowing if you're waiting for nothing.

Dana Reinhardt

uncertaintyanxiety

But it's not fair, is it? How you can have a brother and then suddenly not have a brother?

Dana Reinhardt

lossunfairness

I didn't know if I was trying to be like Bo or trying not to be like Bo.

Dana Reinhardt

identityinfluence

I had a brother. Now I don't.

Dana Reinhardt

lossfamily

Maybe it's the people who have lost something who are best able to tell you how to hold onto something.

Dana Reinhardt

lossadvice

You think that you know a person, but then they surprise you, and you find out that they are someone else.

Dana Reinhardt

discoveryrelationships

There's something about being with other people who are also missing someone that makes it a little easier. A little less lonely.

Dana Reinhardt

griefsupport

I guess I was still trying to hold onto the Bo that I knew, the Bo I thought I knew.

Dana Reinhardt

griefmemory

I wanted to believe that there was something else, that there was a way to get back to the way things were, but there wasn't.

Dana Reinhardt

acceptancechange