Quotes About Sibling

I'm not the only kid who lives here. There's my sister, Natalie, except she doesn't count.

William glanced at her. "Does your sister ground you often?" "No. She mostly does this." Georgie rolled his eyes in perfect imitation of her and muttered, "Why me?

I know what it's like to be responsible for a younger brother.

One thing I found out then was that pity is a form of love and, actually, its highest expression. A Tale of Two Sisters

He had had his mouth washed out with soap so often that he stopped calling Rosette his sister, but not enough to make him stop loving her with that terrible, possessive, absolute love that solitary children give.

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.

The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

I want to have a go at presenting. As a child I was always filming my own TV shows with my sister, so it feels natural to me.

I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which is follow in their footsteps and die as well.

My big brother used to come home drunk and he'd clash with my dad and I just didn't want that.

You always have to take care of the sisters first, so my dad would buy Barbies and stuff and I wouldn't get anything. So I don't want any other kid to feel like that.

In fact, Duncan wouldn't be the least bit surprised to hear his brother say something like, "Hand over the bimbo before someone gets hurt.

Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against children who become a little too independent, threatening the balance of the family system.

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Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long.

I know it's none of my business, but does Wes know that you've got a thing for his sister?

The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it.

I notice her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. "Tuck your tail in, little duck," I say, smoothing the blouse back in place. Prim giggles and give me a small "Quack." "Quack yourself," I say with a light laugh. The kind only Prim can draw out of me.

I protect Prim in every way I can, but I'm powerless against the reaping.

She gives me a look filled with loathing, like I'm the biggest drag possible on her life. I wonder if this is what it's like to have an older sister who really hates you.

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping.

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth

When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.

My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter.