Charlotte Mary Yonge Quotes

Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.

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 would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.

Did you ever have a sister? did you?

I'm very close to my sisters.

I think I am a pretty good sister.

I'm a middle child, and I have a younger sister who is stunning - just beautiful and smart.

I always wanted to have younger sisters growing up.

I have four sisters, three younger sisters, so I've been an older sibling to people before.

Just because we're sisters under the skin doesn't mean we've got much in common.

The Weird Sisters is a chronicle of real women, because it tells the truths of sisters. Eleanor Brown has written a compelling novel about love, despair and birth order—the themes the Bard himself had claimed and burnished.

Nobody fights you like your own sister; nobody else knows the most vulnerable parts of you and will aim for them without mercy.

I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to write a sister story.

Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and stand by you no matter what, and yet it's your sister who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most.

I can confidently say that I have a great relationship with my siblings, though I know not everybody does. I would hope that my children have a very similar relationship with each other.

I'm the youngest of five boys.

I'd like to start off by saying that every experience no matter what it is, good or bad, you'll learn from it. That's just life. But something I've done I've regretted is probably picking on my siblings growing up, because you appreciate them so much more as you grow older.

You always have to take care of the sisters first, so my dad would buy Barbies and stuff and I wouldn't get anything. So I don't want any other kid to feel like that.

From the psychological jousting between sisters in the early family arena emerge the first tentative boundaries of their personalities.

Siblings tend not to care much about boundaries and borders. Having worn each others' T-shirts, it's unlikely that they'd go to war over a border.

May and I are sisters. We'll always fight, but we'll always make up as well. That's what sisters do: we argue, we point out each other's frailties, mistakes, and bad judgment, we flash the insecurities we've had since childhood, and then we come back together. Until the next time.

My sister and I never engaged in sibling rivalry. Our parents weren't that crazy about either one of us.

I don't understand how people learn to live in the world if they haven't had siblings. Everything I learned about negotiation, territoriality, coexistence, dislike, inbred differences and love despite knowledge I learned from my four younger siblings.

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.