Every articulate family ... generates its own stories, explanations and myths to illuminate the differences in temperament and talent among its children, the lines of allegiance and influence between parent and child. Elizabeth Fishel More Quotes by Elizabeth Fishel More Quotes From Elizabeth Fishel A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. Elizabeth Fishel sister mirrors opposites We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song. Elizabeth Fishel sister differences song We are each other's reference point at our turning points. Elizabeth Fishel turning-points From the psychological jousting between sisters in the early family arena emerge the first tentative boundaries of their personalities. Elizabeth Fishel sisterhood personality firsts Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left over for the others. Elizabeth Fishel competition gold friendship The desire to be and have a sister is a primitive and profound one that may have everything or nothing to do with the family a woman is born to. It is a desire to know and be known by someone who shares blood and body, history and dreams. Elizabeth Fishel dream profound blood 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 sisterhood who-we-are mirrors Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony. Elizabeth Fishel harmony sibling brother What surprised me was that within a family, the voices of sisters as they're talking are virtually always the same. Elizabeth Fishel voice talking
