~ Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ~
~ There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me. ~
~ Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ~
~ Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer. ~
~ You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories. ~
~ Whatever you do they will love you; even if they don't love you they are connected to you till you die. You can be boring and tedious with sisters, whereas you have to put on a good face with friends. ~
~ Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling. ~
~ Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers. ~
~ I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. ~
~ Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. ~
~ An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too. ~
~ The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend. ~