Quotes by Sibling Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating to me about marriage as a subject for fiction—a subject that fiction has taken on with gusto since the 19th century—is how unknowable other people’s relationships are. Even the marriages of your parents, your siblings, your closest friends always remain something of a mystery. Only in fiction can you pretend to know people completely. Nell Freudenberger sibling taken people There is a belief that children drop out of school because they're needed by their families to work, or the little girls are needed to take care of younger siblings. It turns out that's not really true. Nicholas Negroponte sibling girl children He would read up on parenting, if he thought it would help, but his errors always seemed too basic for the manuals. "Always tell your kids they have siblings..." He couldn't imagine any child-raising guru taking the trouble to write that down. Maybe there was a gap in the market. Nick Hornby sibling kids children 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. Olivia Culpo sibling growing-up appreciate There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young! Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. sister sibling young Virtue and vice, evil and good, are siblings, or next-door neighbors, Easy to make mistakes, hard to tell them apart. Ovid sibling mistake doors A huge part of my passion for the sport comes from being Canadian and growing up watching Hockey Night in Canada on CBC with my parents and siblings. P. K. Subban sibling growing-up sports We shared. Parents. Home. Pets. Celebrations. Catastrophes. Secrets. And the threads of our experience became so interwoven that we are linked. I can never be utterly lonely, knowing you share the planet. Pam Brown sibling lonely home 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. Pam Brown sister indulge-in sibling If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater. Pam Brown sister sibling funny When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us? Pam Brown sorority sister sibling An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too. Pam Brown sister sibling sorrow Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five. Pam Brown sister sibling funny 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. Pam Brown sister sibling 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. Pam Brown sister sibling thinking Sisters share the scent and smells... the feel of a common childhood. Pam Brown sister smell sibling Me and my sisters were taught that if our eyes worked and our legs worked, we were beautiful. We had so many kids in our family that if we all got in front of the mirror and were ashamed of browns and golds and yellows and whites, and we believed what society told us - that the darker people were less attractive and the lighter ones were prettier - we would have had sibling murders. My family, being half-rural and half-military, just came from a different place. Pam Grier sibling beautiful kids 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. Pam Brown sister sibling sarcastic I had this odd sibling rivalry with America. Patti Davis sibling brother america My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled. Patti Smith sibling war kids «7891011121314151617»
