Sibling Quotes

“Ethan was loyal and funny and protective. When we were little, he was the brother most likely to make me cry—and mostly likely to wipe away my tears.”
― Rachel Vincent, Prey

“We share a bond. We do everything together. We have a piece of strong, invisible thread connecting us. It’s indestructible – it can never be broken. The thread is the key item that links us together. We understand each other.”
― Erica Sehyun Song

“At the snowy summit of all these things, however, is the fact that you simply cannot go about locking your siblings in towers when they misbehave. It is unseemly and betrays a sad lack of creativity.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, In the Night Garden

“Love is close to hate when it comes to sisters. You're as close as two humans can be. You came from the same womb. The same background. Even if you're poles apart, mentally. That's why it hurts so much when your sister is unkind. It's as though part of you is turning against yourself.”
― Jane Corry

“Fighting with siblings, especially the little ones, has always, and will always be the same. You fight with your hands tied behind your back. You know that you'll lose. But you still fight back, either you want to annoy them or let them feel the extra satisfaction of beating you after a long fight. No matter which of the two ways you take, it clearly shows that you love them. A lot.”
― Nishanth Anchan K.N.

“The only reason that some people aren’t ashamed of their parents and/or siblings is because they know that we know that they did not choose them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sisters are supposed to be people you’re close to, aren’t they. You may not like them much, but you’re still close to them.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

“Did you get Mom a birthday present?' Helen asked.
'Yes,' Gansey replied. 'Myself.'
Helen said, 'The gift that keeps on giving.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you raising?’ are not identical in all cases: some men are not taking care of their own children, some are knowingly or unknowingly raising other men’s children, and some do not even know that they each have a child, another child, or other children.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Do we have a hand mirror?' I asked from the kitchen doorway.
'Never use one,' said Lester, examining the date on a carton of sour cream.
'Naturally, you're a male. What you see is what you've got,' I said resentfully.
'Huh?' said Lester.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, The Grooming of Alice

“More people would be depressed, if parents tried to please their children as frequently and as badly as children try to please their parents.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The fact that you have just buried your parent or parents and/or sibling or siblings does not make you less likely to die today.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The only thing most of us love about most of our family members is that they are related to us.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“She was not in the body of a young woman but just as I remembered her: a little toddler with a beautiful smile. She reached out with her small hand, and I gripped her tiny fingers as I let go of the pain and sank deeper into the lake.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“That's the way things were; people liked Lily, and while they were busy liking her, Violet got things done.

It never bothered Violet. She liked having things to do, and if her sister hadn't been there, they wouldn't have liked Violet any better. They'd only have ignored her more.”
― Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy

“Leo offered his arm and Cassie took it. Sister and brother strolled aimlessly for a few moments. “Perhaps we have not suffered enough to earn happiness?”

Cassie glanced up at him, relieved to note the teasing twinkle in his eye. “I should be happy to make you suffer with a well-placed kick to your backside if that’s what you wish.”

Leo laughed. “I shall pass if you don’t mind. Besides, I am barely nine-and-twenty and have plenty of time left to enjoy myself before the need truly arises to settle myself with a wife.” He sobered. “You, however—”

“Don’t say it, Leo,” Cassie said firmly. “Or I shall be forced to deliver that kick and a great deal more.”
― Victoria Alexander, The Pursuit of Marriage

“Everyone who is the world to you is just another person in the world to almost everyone.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You have two horns on your head. They might be invisible to the naked eye, but one learns watching you bedevil people.”
― Ruby Mohan, The Kidnapping

“You love anyone who makes my blood pressure rise and my hair turn gray at the roots.”
― Ruby Mohan, The Kidnapping

“Our friends are siblings we discover, while our siblings are friends gifted to us by fate.”
― John Joclebs Bassey, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“If Gerry were dying of thirst and spotted Alex two feet from a well, he still would not think he required his younger brother's help. It simply would never occur to him that Alex might be able to provide it.”
― Meredith Duran, Wicked Becomes You

“I knew you’d know,” Mom said in a stabilizing, more confident, yet still husky voice. A smile broke across her face in the simple relief of her only remaining child not being shocked by the death of her youngest. She smiled genuinely, perhaps for the first time since cradling Dustin’s body as the fire truck alarm blared towards the house in response to her 911 call. Her son had died that morning in her arms as she tried resuscitating him with her own breath, but the first indication of her daughter’s reaction was calm. The child raised to expect death met the first moments of the news with seeming serenity.”
― Darcy Leech, From My Mother

“All close friendships are marked with competition. Our earliest tests are against our siblings and playmates, and some of that rivalry endures amongst friends into adulthood. Like dogs play fighting, you learn not to bite hard.”
― Christopher Bollen

“Things such as the idea of family and that of friendship are a sign of spiritual barbarism.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You are BRAVE.
You are strong.
You are safe.
You are loved.”
― Kathleen Davis

“Como una guerrera que jura entregar su vida a la patria, repito nuestro mantra: somos hermanas”
― Pilar Cimadevilla, Ofrenda

“Deltacron is here.
Is he the long lost sibling of the decepticons or just a wannbe.
Only time will tell.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Strained Relations by Stewart Stafford

Brother, you have flown from me,
Too often and to that blinding maze,
As capricious as the wind that blows,
No visible shared blood between us.

Are you not my mother's and father's son?
If the fault lies with me, then tell me so,
Or let the bloodied bandage fall from you,
So the wound heals without reinfection.

You picked prized strangers over family,
More damaging self-flagellation as hubris,
They let you down as parents an infant,
Still, you chose a messy path of pain.

The only glimmer of light in the next life,
Is we two reuniting together again, brother,
Or shall you flee to fellow astral travellers?
A last dagger thrust in the permafrost cold?

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford