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 More Quotes by Pam Brown More Quotes From Pam Brown A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful. But one's sister has the family photo album. And a long, long memory. And a tendency to wink at one on Top Occasions. Pam Brown stars beautiful memories A bag of apples, a pot of homemade jam, a scribbled note, a bunch of golden flowers, a coloured pebble, a box of seedlings, an empty scent bottle for the children. . . . Who needs diamonds and van-delivered bouquets? Pam Brown gratitude flower children You are asleep. Deep, deep asleep - and then the world caves in. The cat has leapt from the top window onto your stomach. He is saturated. He is hungry. He taps you into full wakefulness with a sodden paw "Could you open a can?" Pam Brown cat caves world 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 Grandad has a long and earnest conversation with his grandchild. He says, you are noisy and wiggly and will be sent back if you don't pull herself together....The baby smiles complacently. She has him exactly where she wants him. Pam Brown grandchildren baby long Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor. Pam Brown equine sense-of-humor horse Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. Pam Brown distance friendship war We expect too much at Christmas. It's got to be magical. It's got to go right. Feasting. Fun. The perfect present. All that anticipation. Take it easy. Love's the thing. The rest is tinsel. Pam Brown christmas perfect fun Brooks too wide for our leaping, hedges far to high. Loads too heavy for our moving, burdens too cumbersome for us to bear. Distances far beyond our journeying. The horse gave us mastery. Pam Brown horse distance moving The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions- 'it wasn't Jezebels fault, Dad.' Pam Brown horse dad children Sisters share the scent and smells... the feel of a common childhood. Pam Brown sister smell sibling For sheer excitement you can keep movie premieres and roller-coasters . An empty white canvas waiting to be filled. That's the thing. Pam Brown excitement white waiting The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes. Pam Brown wisdom believe firsts Medicines may be necessary. Flowers lift the heart. But your smile is the best restorative of all. Pam Brown medicine flower heart A dog wakens your heart to joy and companionship. Pam Brown dog heart joy Give a pup a home and a little love and he will give you his heart forever. Pam Brown home heart giving A cat likes to hear you calling him. He sits in a bush a yard from your shoes - and listens. Pam Brown yards shoes cat However time or circumstances may come between mother and her child, their lives are interwoven forever. Pam Brown mother forever children Integrity rings like fine glass. True, clear, and reassuring. Pam Brown reassuring glasses integrity A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan. Pam Brown equestrian horse wise
