sister

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
b05044a	"Do you forget that I am your sister?" "No; I've never been granted the opportunity to forget it."	sister	Georgette Heyer
0b246de	"Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire."	friend loneliness relationships safety sister	Marilynne Robinson
6b03c2c	You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across?	philosophy sister	Jodi Picoult
87eafc9	"The male's diamond eyes locked on Payne, and though she hadn't seen him in forever, she knew who he was. Sure as if she was staring at her own reflection. Tears sprang unbidden to her eyes for last she had known, he breathed no longer. "Vishous," she whispered desperately. "Oh, brother mine..."	payne sister vishous	J.R. Ward
f37408f	I don't feel the need to explain my actions to her. I don't clarify, I don't doubt, I don't worry. I don't tell her everything, not anymore, but I tell her more than anyone else, by far. I tell her as much as I can.	brothers family family-love family-relationships love loyalty sibling-bond sibling-relationships siblings sister sisters trust twins unconditional-love	Gillian Flynn
bb83e45	"Sister," he murmured, not as an inquiry, but a statement of fact. "Brother mine," she groaned... before her consciousness slipped from her grasp and she drifted away. But she would come back to him. One way or the other, she would not leave her twin ever again."	payne sister vishous	J.R. Ward
db7f91c	And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but in me she loves only a shadow and a thought: a hope of glory and great deeds, and lands far from the fields of Rohan. - Aragorn to Eomer, of Eowyn	glory love sister	J.R.R. Tolkien
c8ecfc9	When he nodded, the physician disappeared into thin air, and then a moment later, Payne felt a warm palm encompass hers. It was Vishous's un-gloved hand against her own and the connection between them eased her in ways she couldn't name. Verily, she had lost her mother . . . but if she lived through this, she still had family. On this side.	payne sister vishous	J.R. Ward
0f90478	I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different world, one that doesn't include me anymore....	difficulties friendship letting-go moving-on relationship sister	Lois Lowry
d4191ca	In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself.	brian-fitzgerald kate-fitzgerald sister	Jodi Picoult
f098729	Awkward. That's exactly how it was when we walked over to our sister and stood on each side of her, looking at her and feeling things and not knowing what to do.	feeling knowing sister	Markus Zusak
613cef7	"He said, "Were he only like his sister--what a difference that would make! For there never was such a sweet and gentle lady! I hear her footsteps, as she goes about the world. I hear the swish-swish-swish of her silken gown and the jingle-jangle of the silver chain about her neck. Her smile is full of comfort and her eyes are kind and happy! How I long to see her!" "Who, sir?" asked Paramore, puzzled. "Why, his sister, John. His sister."	death eyes lady neil-gaiman sandman sister smile	Susanna Clarke
e781403	For your information, Lester, there are at least five wonderful parts of the female body that can be viewed by the owner only with a hand mirror.	brother-sister-relationships female five genitals growing-up human human-body mirror puberty sexuality sister teenage-girl teenager woman womanhood wonderful	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
814b528	When did the very first case of racism even occur? When did such blind hatred devour the souls of men and make them turn on their own brothers and sisters? What ever taught them that it was normal to be such monsters?	brother hatred history human man monster morality prejudice race racism sister	Rebecca McNutt
14fcaf9	"Mandy was thinking back to when she was five years old, when she, her parents and Jud went outside before Christmas and had a snowball fight with the gray snow of Sydney Mines. "This is a wicked blast," Jud would say, and Mandy would snap photos with a 35mm disposable film camera, photos she wished very much she could step into sometimes."	35mm-camera brother canada cape-breton christmas coal fake family nova-scotia photography siblings sister snow snowball-fight wicked-blast	Rebecca McNutt
0bbba60	"I'll never let it happen. I'll do everything in my power to keep my sister at home. "I don't want to have a civilized discussion. My parents want to send my sister to a facility behind my back and my head feels like it's about to split open. Leave me alone, okay?" Something is sticking out of my pocket. It's Alex's bandanna. Isabel isn't a friend, yet she helped me. And Alex, a boy who cared about me last night more than my own boyfriend did, acted as my hero and is urging me to be real. Do I even know how to be real? I clutch the bandanna to my chest. And I allow myself to cry."	bandanna brittany-ellis cry emotional shelley-ellis sister	Simone Elkeles
a26c7c9	"How's that sister of yours?" I ask, changing the subject. "She's waiting to beat you again at checkers." "Is that right? Well, tell her I was goin easy on her. I was tryin' to impress you." "By losing?" I shrug. "It worked, didn't it?" I notice her fidgeting with her dress as if she needs to fix it to impress me. Wanting to ease her anxiety, I slide my fingers down her arm before capturing her hand in mine. "You tell Shelley I'll be back for a rematch," I say. She turns to me, her blue eyes sparkling. "Really?" "Absolutely."	brittany-ellis checkers impress lose rematch shelley-ellis sister	Simone Elkeles
8dc5c1a	"Can I sleep with you?" asked Oz. "Kinda scary in my room. Pretty sure I saw a troll in the corner." Lou said, "Get up here." Oz climbed next to her. Oz suddenly looked troubled. "When you get married, who am I going to come get in bed with when I'm scared, Lou?" "One day you're gonna get bigger than me, then I'm going to be running to you when I get scared."	family-relationships inspirational sister	Baldacci David
a6f81f8	"I lead Paco through the house. We pass Shelley in the family room looking at some magazine. "Shelley, this is Paco. He's Alex's friend. Paco, this is my sister, Shelley." At the mention of Alex's name, Shelley gives a happy squeal. "Hey, Shelley," Paco says. Shelley smiles wide. "Shell-bell, I need you to do me a favor." Shelley bobs her head in response as I whisper, "I need you to keep Mom occupied while I talk to Paco." Shelley grins, and I know my sister will come through for me."	distract favor friend mom paco shelley-ellis sister	Simone Elkeles

"Do you forget that I am your sister?" "No; I've never been granted the opportunity to forget it."

Georgette Heyer

0b246de

"Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire."

friend loneliness relationships safety sister

Marilynne Robinson

6b03c2c

You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across?

philosophy sister

Jodi Picoult

87eafc9

"The male's diamond eyes locked on Payne, and though she hadn't seen him in forever, she knew who he was. Sure as if she was staring at her own reflection. Tears sprang unbidden to her eyes for last she had known, he breathed no longer. "Vishous," she whispered desperately. "Oh, brother mine..."

payne sister vishous

J.R. Ward

f37408f

I don't feel the need to explain my actions to her. I don't clarify, I don't doubt, I don't worry. I don't tell her everything, not anymore, but I tell her more than anyone else, by far. I tell her as much as I can.

brothers family family-love family-relationships love loyalty sibling-bond sibling-relationships siblings sister sisters trust twins unconditional-love

Gillian Flynn

bb83e45

"Sister," he murmured, not as an inquiry, but a statement of fact. "Brother mine," she groaned... before her consciousness slipped from her grasp and she drifted away. But she would come back to him. One way or the other, she would not leave her twin ever again."

payne sister vishous

J.R. Ward

db7f91c

And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but in me she loves only a shadow and a thought: a hope of glory and great deeds, and lands far from the fields of Rohan. - Aragorn to Eomer, of Eowyn

glory love sister

J.R.R. Tolkien

c8ecfc9

When he nodded, the physician disappeared into thin air, and then a moment later, Payne felt a warm palm encompass hers. It was Vishous's un-gloved hand against her own and the connection between them eased her in ways she couldn't name. Verily, she had lost her mother . . . but if she lived through this, she still had family. On this side.

payne sister vishous

J.R. Ward

0f90478

I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different world, one that doesn't include me anymore....

difficulties friendship letting-go moving-on relationship sister

Lois Lowry

d4191ca

In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself.

brian-fitzgerald kate-fitzgerald sister

Jodi Picoult

f098729

Awkward. That's exactly how it was when we walked over to our sister and stood on each side of her, looking at her and feeling things and not knowing what to do.

feeling knowing sister

Markus Zusak

613cef7

"He said, "Were he only like his sister--what a difference that would make! For there never was such a sweet and gentle lady! I hear her footsteps, as she goes about the world. I hear the swish-swish-swish of her silken gown and the jingle-jangle of the silver chain about her neck. Her smile is full of comfort and her eyes are kind and happy! How I long to see her!" "Who, sir?" asked Paramore, puzzled. "Why, his sister, John. His sister."

death eyes lady neil-gaiman sandman sister smile

Susanna Clarke

e781403

For your information, Lester, there are at least five wonderful parts of the female body that can be viewed by the owner only with a hand mirror.

brother-sister-relationships female five genitals growing-up human human-body mirror puberty sexuality sister teenage-girl teenager woman womanhood wonderful

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

814b528

When did the very first case of racism even occur? When did such blind hatred devour the souls of men and make them turn on their own brothers and sisters? What ever taught them that it was normal to be such monsters?

brother hatred history human man monster morality prejudice race racism sister

Rebecca McNutt

14fcaf9

"Mandy was thinking back to when she was five years old, when she, her parents and Jud went outside before Christmas and had a snowball fight with the gray snow of Sydney Mines. "This is a wicked blast," Jud would say, and Mandy would snap photos with a 35mm disposable film camera, photos she wished very much she could step into sometimes."

35mm-camera brother canada cape-breton christmas coal fake family nova-scotia photography siblings sister snow snowball-fight wicked-blast

Rebecca McNutt

0bbba60

"I'll never let it happen. I'll do everything in my power to keep my sister at home. "I don't want to have a civilized discussion. My parents want to send my sister to a facility behind my back and my head feels like it's about to split open. Leave me alone, okay?" Something is sticking out of my pocket. It's Alex's bandanna. Isabel isn't a friend, yet she helped me. And Alex, a boy who cared about me last night more than my own boyfriend did, acted as my hero and is urging me to be real. Do I even know how to be real? I clutch the bandanna to my chest. And I allow myself to cry."

bandanna brittany-ellis cry emotional shelley-ellis sister

Simone Elkeles

a26c7c9

"How's that sister of yours?" I ask, changing the subject. "She's waiting to beat you again at checkers." "Is that right? Well, tell her I was goin easy on her. I was tryin' to impress you." "By losing?" I shrug. "It worked, didn't it?" I notice her fidgeting with her dress as if she needs to fix it to impress me. Wanting to ease her anxiety, I slide my fingers down her arm before capturing her hand in mine. "You tell Shelley I'll be back for a rematch," I say. She turns to me, her blue eyes sparkling. "Really?" "Absolutely."

brittany-ellis checkers impress lose rematch shelley-ellis sister

Simone Elkeles

8dc5c1a

"Can I sleep with you?" asked Oz. "Kinda scary in my room. Pretty sure I saw a troll in the corner." Lou said, "Get up here." Oz climbed next to her. Oz suddenly looked troubled. "When you get married, who am I going to come get in bed with when I'm scared, Lou?" "One day you're gonna get bigger than me, then I'm going to be running to you when I get scared."

family-relationships inspirational sister

Baldacci David

a6f81f8

"I lead Paco through the house. We pass Shelley in the family room looking at some magazine. "Shelley, this is Paco. He's Alex's friend. Paco, this is my sister, Shelley." At the mention of Alex's name, Shelley gives a happy squeal. "Hey, Shelley," Paco says. Shelley smiles wide. "Shell-bell, I need you to do me a favor." Shelley bobs her head in response as I whisper, "I need you to keep Mom occupied while I talk to Paco." Shelley grins, and I know my sister will come through for me."

distract favor friend mom paco shelley-ellis sister

Simone Elkeles