Sisters and brothers

"A brother is a friend given by Nature."


Jean Baptiste Legouve

"Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet."

Vietnamese Proverb



"As we grew up, my brothers acted like they didn't care,

but I always knew they looked out for me and were there!"

Catherine Pulsifer



"Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk."

Susan Scarf Merrell



"My little brother, will you ever grow up....I hope not!"

Catherine Pulsifer



"Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore."

Proverb



"A brother is a friend God gave you; a friend is a brother your heart chose for you."

Proverb



"To the outside world we all grow old.

But not to brothers and sisters.

We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts.

We share private family jokes.

We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys.

We live outside the touch of time."

Clara Ortega



"I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that ther's always somebody there, somebody that's family."

Trey Parker & Matt Stone










"Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears."


Author Unknown

"There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister

will not administer some comfort to me."

Lady Mary Worley Montagu



"Chance made us Sisters, hearts made us friends."

Author Unknown



"There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!"

Oliver Wendell Holmes



"There's a special kind of freedom sisters enjoy.

Freedom to share innermost thoughts, to ask a favor, to show their true feelings. The freedom to simply be themselves."

Author Unknown



"Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister."

Gail Sheeny



"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there."

Amy Li



"Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. "

Charles M. Schultz



"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one,

might not leave such stillness."

Emily Dickinson



"Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood."

Louisa May Alcott



Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. Margaret Meed



Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there. Amy Li



Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears.



A sister smiles when one tells one's stories... for she knows where the decoration has been added. Chris Montaigne



Sisters are connected throughout their lives by a special bond... whether they try to ignore it or not. For better or for worse, sisters remain sisters, until death do them part. Brigid McConville



One's Sister is a part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart and soul and memory. Susan Cabill



Chance made us Sisters, hearts made us friends.



A sister is both your mirror -- and your opposite. Elizabeth Fishel



Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become. Elizabeth Fishel



Your sister is the only creature on earth who shares your heritage, history, environment, DNA, bone structure, and contempt for stupid Aunt Gertie. Linda Sunshine



Sisters touch your heart in ways no other could. Sisters share... their hopes, their fears, their love, everything they have. Real friendship springs from their special bonds. Carrie Bagwell

“Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.” ~Marc Brown




“Here is a funny brother quote, “If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.” ~Sam Levenson



“Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring – quite often the hard way.” ~Pamela Dugdale



“Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.” ~Vietnamese Proverb



“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



“There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother … Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.” ~Anna Quindlan




There's a special kind of freedom sisters enjoy. Freedom to share innermost thoughts, to ask a favor, to show their true feelings. The freedom to simply be themselves. Anonymous



We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song. Elizabeth Fishel



The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend. Cali Rae Turner



To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confident -- it is to have a soulmate for life. Victoria Secunda



We are more than just acquaintances... it's as if we are cut from the same fabric. Even though we appear to be sewn in a different pattern, we have a common thread that won't be broken-by people or years or distance.



Like branches on a tree we grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. Each of our lives will always be a special part of the other.