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Allies, partners in crime, rivals... I have two younger sisters. We fought, we patched up. We laughed at jokes that no one can understand. We said some of the meanest things to each other. We defended each other when others won't. We did some of the silliest things together and there's so many stories to be recalled when we are together. Through some of the harshest times, we became muted to one another. Yet through it all, the coldness will eventually thaw and melt away and we're right back to where we've left it, that is, like nothing has ever been missing... Do you have a sister? If you have, you'll know what I mean. And what would you say about the bond you share with your sisters? Let these quotes about sisters help you out in expressing your millions of incredible feelings towards your younger sisters and older sisters. Splash out these sisterhood quotes on your scrapbook pages, greeting cards and letters to show the world your emotions about your unbreakable sister bond! Go on, enjoy the list of sister quotes I've collected. A ministering angel shall my sister be. -- William Shakespeare A sibling may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self. A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double. A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams. A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. A true sister is a friend who listens with her heart. A younger sister is someone to use as a guinea-pig in trying sledges and experimental go-carts. Someone to send on messages to Mum. But someone who needs you - who comes to you with bumped heads, grazed knees, tales of persecution. Someone who trusts you to defend her. Someone who thinks you know the answers to almost everything. An older sister helps one remain half child, half woman. An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too. Between sisters, often, the child's cry never dies down. "Never leave me," it says; "do not abandon me." Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart - oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape - of your sister. Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. Elder sisters never can do younger ones justice! 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. Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood. How do people make it through life without a sister? 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. 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. I know some sisters who only see each other on Mother's Day and some who will never speak again. But most are like my sister and me... linked by volatile love, best friends who make other best friends ever so slightly less best. I smile because you are my sister, I laugh because there is nothing you can do about it! I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness. If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: "Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma." If we believed in the media we would think the only significant relationship in our lives is a romantic one. Yet sisterhood is probably the one that will last longer than any other... a sister will always be around. If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child. If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater. In thee my soul shall own combined the sister and the friend. Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister. It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on! It's hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own. More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good. My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time. Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer. One of the best things about being an adult is the realization that you can share with your sister and still have plenty for yourself. Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. Our siblings push buttons that cast us in roles we felt sure we had let go of long ago - the baby, the peacekeeper, the caretaker, the avoider.... It doesn't seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we've traveled. Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long. She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child. 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. Sibling relationships - and 80 percent of Americans have at least one - outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust. Sisterhood is powerful. Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions. 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. Sisters are different flowers from the same garden. 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 function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other. Sisters may share the same mother and father but appear to come from different families. Sisters share the scent and smells - the feel of a common childhood. Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five. Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow. The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend. The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble. There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me. 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. 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. We acquire friends and we make enemies, but our sisters come with the territory. We know one another's faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to a bar. We have been banded together under pack codes and tribal laws. We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school. 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. What's the good of news if you haven't a sister to share it? When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us? You can kid the world. But not your sister. 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. If you're ready to learn what changes you need to make to turn your life around, and if you want to start keeping and reaching your goals, then subscribe to the "FREE Life Transformation Kit" from Think Right Now! CLICK HERE to subscribe.
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