i think i will become a professional tub-reader

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"You weren't always awful, Holly." He gave her an amused smile. "Anyway, that's what brothers and sisters are for, to make each other's lives as difficult as possible for each other as they grow up. It forms a great basis for life, toughens you up. Anyway, I was the bossy older brother..

"So how does that make me thoughtful?" Holly asked, feeling she had completely missed the point.

"...you always came back," Richard continued. "You would always creep back into my room silently and watch me working at my desk, and I knew that was your way of saying sorry." He smiled at her. "So that makes you thoughtful. None of our siblings had a conscience in that house of ours. Not even me. You were the only one, always the sensitive one."

-P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern