Brother And Sister Quotes

“My brother cleared his throat. "I wish she knew that I think she is the most hilarious person on Earth. And that whenever she's not home, I feel like I'm missing my partner in crime."
My throat tightened. Do not cry. Do not cry.
"I wish she knew that she's really Mom's favorite--"
I shook my head here.
"--the princess she always wanted. That Mom used to dress her up like a little doll and parade her around like Mara was her greatest achievement. I wish Mara knew that I never minded, because she's my favorite too.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer

“Make a wish," said Indigo.
Rose made a wish and then asked, "Why?"
"That's what I always do. Wish on the moving ones."
"Does it matter how fast they move?"
"I don't think so."
"Can you wish on airplanes, too?"
"Oh, yes.”
― Hilary McKay, Indigo's Star

“Because I was fifteen and generally an idiot, I thought that the feeling of home I was experiencing had to do with the car and where it was parked, instead of attributing it wholly and gratefully to my sister.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

“But this grief, for all its awful weight, insists that he matters.”
― Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir

“A horse blanket, Mel?
I remembered what I was wearing. 'It tore in half when Hrani tried washing it. She was going to mend it. This piece was too small for a horse, but it was just right for me.'
Bran laughed a little unsteadly. 'Mel. A horse blanket.”
― Sherwood Smith, Crown Duel

“Whilst the wolflets bayed,
A grave was made,
And then with the strokes of a silver spade,
It was filled to make a mound.
And for two cold days and three long nights,
The father tended that holy plot;
And stayed by where his wife was laid, In the grave within the ground.”
― Roman Payne, Cities & Countries

“He had a winged nature; she was rather of the vegetable kind, and could hardly be kept long alive, if drawn up by the roots. Thus it happened that the relation heretofore existing between her brother and herself was changed.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables

“I love people who play guitars on roofs!" said Rose, hopping along the pavement in one of her sudden happy moods. "Don't you?"

"Never knew anyone else who did it!"

"Don't you like Tom?"

"Of course I do. But I don't know about all the other guitar-on-roof players! They might be really awful people, with just that one good thing about them. Playing guitars on roofs... or bagpipes... Or drums... Sarah would like that, and Saffy could have the bagpipes! Caddy could have a harp.... What about Mum?"

"One of those gourds filled with beans!" said Rose at once. "And Daddy could have a grand piano. On a flat roof. With a balcony and pink flowers in pots around the edge! And I'll have a very loud trumpet! What about you?"

"I'll just listen," said Indigo.”
― Hilary McKay, Indigo's Star

“I don't give a shit,' he said, smiling slightly. 'I don't care if I'm called Prince or Starborn or the Chosen One or any of that.' He grabbed her hand. 'The only thing I want to be called right now is your brother.' He added softly. 'If you'll have me.'

She winked, even as her heart tightened unbearably. 'I'll think about it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“It is a dreadful chore, being the eldest."

-Alastair Carstairs”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Thorns

“A sister is the second mother to her brother and a brother is a second father to her sister”
― J. Tisa

“Hello sister." Her face was like a cup of milk dashed with coffee in the sweet warm emptiness. [...] She looked like a librarian. Something among dusty shelves of ordered certitudes long divorced from reality, desiccating peacefully, as if a breath of that air which sees injustice done.”
― William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

“She cooked a Southern supper as Ma would have: black-eyed peas with red onions, fried ham, cornbread with cracklin', butter beans cooked in butter and milk. Blackberry cobbler with hard cream with some bourbon Jodie brought.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“She could hardly believe that this truculent stranger was her brother. "Nick," she said, testing his name on her tongue. "Why did you give me those presents? It nearly drove me mad, wondering who had sent them. And I was terrified that Sir Ross would think I was carrying on with a secret lover."
"Sorry," he muttered, flashing her a contrite smile. "I wanted to be a- a benefactor. To give you the things you deserve. I never meant for us to meet. But the need to see you became so strong that I couldn't bear it any longer."
"And that is why you approached me at Silverhill Park?"
He gave her the smile of a naughty schoolboy.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Lady Sophia's Lover

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

“Being the eldest child is a sacred position. Be grateful to the Heavens for entrusting you with it.”
― Naïde Pavelly Obiang, Live Your Life Regardless: Inspirational and motivational truths on faith, purpose, and self-empowerment for the african woman

“One of these days you're going to get seriously hurt, and I'll never forgive myself if I'm the one who hurts you.”
― Berlyn Hayes, Heirs of Secrets

“Seriously, Kas, learn to take a joke."
"Someone hurting you is never a joke.”
― Berlyn Hayes, Heirs of Secrets

“A cold grin flashed across his face. "I'm not guilty of half the things I'm accused of. But I encourage the rumors, and I never deny even the worst of them. I want people to regard me with fear and respect. Good for business."
"Are you saying that you haven't stolen from people, and framed and betrayed and blackmailed-"
Gentry interrupted her with a sound that expressed pure annoyance. "I'm not a saint."
Despite Sophia's distress, she almost wanted to laugh at the understatement.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Lady Sophia's Lover

“Lottie scarcely had time to appreciate the graceful design of the house's interior before they were approached by a lovely woman.
The woman's blond hair was much darker than her own, the color of aged honey. It had to be Lady Cannon, whose face was a delicate copy of Gentry's severely handsome features. Her nose was less bold, her chin defined but not quite as decisive as her brother's, her complexion fair instead of tanned. The eyes, however, were the same distinctive blue; rich, dark, and fathomless. Lady Cannon was so youthful in appearance that one would never have guessed that she was older than her brother by four years.
"Nick," she exclaimed with an exuberant laugh, coming forward and lifting up on her toes to receive his kiss. He enclosed her in a brief hug, rested his chin on the crown of her head, then drew back to look at her appraisingly. In that one instant, Lottie saw the remarkable depth of feeling between the two, which had somehow survived years of distance, loss, and deception.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Worth Any Price

“He shook his head at me. 'You were always scatterbrained,' he said. 'Zoravar was always the sensible one.' We both turned to look at sensible Zoravar who was digging into his plaster with the back of a teaspoon, his eyes closed in ecstasy.”
― Anuja Chauhan, The Zoya Factor

“Princess... er, Erina."
"I'm aware this is terribly belated, but please allow me to offer my sincere condolences on the death of your mother.
Now then, do you have any plans for what you'll be doing from here on out?"
"Huh? Plans? Me?
Um, I don't really have anywhere left to go..."
"Really? That's perfect. We were just searching for a chef of exceptional talent.
Satisfying the Book Master's exceedingly refined palate is no small feat.
We can have no shortage of highly capable chefs on hand to accomplish this task.
Besides...
If everyone wasn't present for our cozy family meals...
... it'd reflect poorly on the venerable Nakiri Family's good name.
And you are family.
Isn't that right...
... elder brother Asahi?”
― Yuto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 36 [Shokugeki no Souma 36]

“She's a tall skinny old girl in a tweed jacket and brown corduroy trousers, long restless hands stained yellow, rings on every finger. Hair tied up in a bandanna and clear, fierce blue eyes like mine. You'd know us anywhere as brother and sister, lanky, beaky customers with these piercing eyes and silver hair.”
― Patrick McGrath, Last Days in Cleaver Square

“Let's not pretend this visit has anything to do with me. You came here hoping for a glimpse of a certain bearded Scotsman."
She lowered her voice as she asked, "Did he say anything to you?"
"About what?"
"About me."
"Why, yes, we stopped in the middle of work to gossip over tea. Then we made plans to visit the milliner and try on bonnets together-"
"Oh, hush," Merritt whispered sharply, both amused and annoyed.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Disguise

“What was left of the boy's face was moist from recent rainfall. He'd been struck three times--arrows in his knee, abdomen, his heart.

He couldn't have been older than Keton.

I hugged my arms to my chest, holding back a sob. Finlei and Sendo had died this way--alone, yet not alone. Hacked by a sword or impaled by an arrow. Sendo... Sendo had died in these very mountains. His body was somewhere among the thousands strewn before me, rotting under a coat of earth and snow. I wouldn't even recognize him if I saw him. Just thinking about it made me want to weep.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn

“The truth is, sometimes I wanted him gone. He frightened me a little, my brother. As much as I loved him, I knew something was wrong with him. I knew he did drugs, but there was always something else. He could be moody, lethargic one moment and giddy the next. He could be buoyant, and sometimes his liveliness had an indescribable edge of rage to it, so that when he picked me up and spun me around, I wasn't entirely sure where he was giving me flight or preparing to throw me.”
― Nicole Cuffy, Dances

“The truth is, sometimes I wanted him gone. He frightened me a little, my brother. As much as I loved him, I knew something was wrong with him. I knew he did drugs, but there was always something else. He could be moody, lethargic one moment and giddy the next. He could be buoyant, and sometimes his liveliness had an indescribable edge of rage to it, so that when he picked me up and spun me around, I wasn't entirely sure whether he was giving me flight or preparing to throw me”
― Nicole Cuffy, Dances

“I'm really glad you're my sister,' Ruhn said.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

“Before you say brother to someone, make sure he's not a sister.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“It's okay. I'm here for you. You don't have to go through this alone and, well, I'm also gay, you know?"
...
"Really? Oh, God, Darlian... Our parents will kill us..."
...
"Yeah, I know. But we'll figure it our together. It's not going to be easy, but we have each other. That's what really matters.”
― Dari A. Malaunt, Unrequited Echoes