{"quotes":[{"text":"I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of humor, and he would tease us terribly. My brother Beau was so skilled in his teasing that he could get a rise out of me by simply pointing at me.","author":"Jeff Bridges","tags":["family","myself","brother "],"id":56,"author_id":"Jeff+Bridges"},{"text":"I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.","author":"Tommy Hilfiger","tags":["time","brother","wake up "],"id":3691,"author_id":"Tommy+Hilfiger"},{"text":"I have lost you, my brotherAnd your death has ended The spring seasonOf my happiness,  our house is buried with youAnd buried the laughter that you taught me.There are no thoughts of love nor of poemsIn my head Since you died.","author":"Catullus","tags":["brother","buried","dead","lost","love","poem"],"id":4535,"author_id":"Catullus"},{"text":"Anna, you miss him.” “All the time. I still can’t believe he’s gone.” The words come out in a whoosh, tasting funny in my mouth. No matter how many times I say them, they still feel like a garbled, impossible language. My chest hurts, and I have to hold my breath to keep from inhaling a deep sob. “He was more than your best friend.” I nod absently, forgetting myself for a moment, forgetting that I’m talking to Jayne and not my journal. “I – I mean, he was like a brother to me. You know, like Frankie. Well, she’s the sister. I mean–” Jayne reaches for my hands across the table, shaking her head softly. “Sweetheart, when you say Matt’s name, you have the same look in your eyes that he’d get whenever he’d say yours.","author":"Sarah Ockler","tags":["anna","best-friend","brother","jayne-perino","know","love","matt-perino","miss","more"],"id":4993,"author_id":"Sarah+Ockler"},{"text":"There’s something in my voice that brings him back to me, overrides his buzz. ‘Gaby’—all traces of playfulness have gone—‘if anything ever happens to me, you’ll be fine. You’re strong enough to look after yourself. I hate to admit it, but you don’t need me. Never did.’ A smile. ‘But listen, nothing is going to happen today. It’s all good.’‘Jude, we’re high enough up to get a nose bleed.’‘So come with me.’I blink. ‘Fuck off.’‘I mean it. We can do this together.’ He raises his eyebrows at the girl who checked his harness. She nods.I risk looking over the side. There’s a river far beneath us. So far down we can’t hear it. My entire body goes numb.‘You’ve got about thirty seconds and then I’m going on my own.’What a choice: watch my brother jump out of this car or put aside my own fear and go with him. Share the recklessness. Why didn’t we go to Paris? We’d be arguing over where to buy cheese right now.Adrenaline begins to burn through me. ‘Screw it.’Jude breaks into a wide smile. ‘Seriously?’I glance at the yawning space beneath us. ‘Hurry up before I change my mind.","author":"Paula Weston","tags":["brother","gaby","jude","past"],"id":5393,"author_id":"Paula+Weston"},{"text":"I'm very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because that's what my mom and dad did. And then along the way, somebody teased me for even thinking that I could get up there. That stayed with me, and I became very shy.","author":"Tyka Nelson","tags":["brother","thinking","me "],"id":9702,"author_id":"Tyka+Nelson"},{"text":"I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother.","author":"Jimmy Carl Black","tags":["brother","loved","you "],"id":15603,"author_id":"Jimmy+Carl+Black"},{"text":"I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in storage 15 years later, and he gave it back to me for my 30th birthday. That was amazing and probably one of the best gifts I've ever received.","author":"Ryan Reynolds","tags":["birthday","best","brother "],"id":17981,"author_id":"Ryan+Reynolds"},{"text":"For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother.","author":"Dave Franco","tags":["brother","smart","me "],"id":21585,"author_id":"Dave+Franco"},{"text":"Apart from 'VIP' being a blockbuster movie, the various characters such as mine, the Luna bike I use in the movie, the lovable amma and appa, a pet dog named Harry Potter, the innocent brother, etc., had a huge reach among the audiences.","author":"Dhanush","tags":["dog","brother","bike "],"id":26172,"author_id":"Dhanush"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":247,"pages":25,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}