" There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me. "

- Mary Worley Montagu

" Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow. "

- Benjamin Disraeli

" We have our own, unspoken language—a look that makes one of us fall on the floor laughing or the slight inflection in our voice that conveys everything. It is the ability to prod laughter and love no matter how much your heart might hurt. Someone who sees you exactly as you are and thinks that is enough. Someone who will walk next to you always. "

- Barbara Bush, on twin sister Jenna Bush Hager

" Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other. "

- Carol Saline

" For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands. "

- Christina Rossetti

" You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections; there is nothing like it in this world. "

- Charlotte Bronte

" Sister to sister we will always be, a couple of nuts off the family tree. "

- Anonymous

" Even though I can’t solve your problems, I will be there as your sound board whenever you need me. "

- Sandra K. Lamberson

" My sister was the one person who told me not to change, that my skin was beautiful. She really helped me feel good about myself. "

- Khoudia Diop

" There is no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me. "

- Lady Mary Montagu

" That’s the best thing about little sisters: They spend so much time wishing they were elder sisters that in the end they’re far wiser than the elder ones could ever be. "

- Gemma Burgess

" Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that’s never lost is your sister. "

- Gail Sheeny

" If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone? "

- Jodi Picoult

" everything is more fun when you do it with your sister. "

- Lorraine Bodger, I’m the Pretty One, You’re the Smart One

" Don’t talk about my sister; don’t play with me about my sister. If you do, you’ll see another side of me. "

- Beyoncé

" Your sisters are the only people in the world who know what it’s like to have been brought up the way you were. "

- Betsy Cohen

" I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister. "

- Erin Morgenstern

" In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips. "

- Anonymous

" A sister is a friend you don’t have to avoid the truth with. "

- Michelle Malm

" A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life. "

- Deborah Tannen