Samisha Raut

"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

"A sister travels with you always. She is only a whisper or a thought or a prayer away.She moves through our lives with us."

— Roxie Kelley

"Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?"

— Alice Walker

"Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer."

— Louise Glück

"How do people make it through life without a sister?"

— Sara Corpening

"When my sister, Joan, arrived I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvelous friend she’s been, I’m so glad my parents didn’t take me at my word."

— Maeve Binchy

"Your sister is a jewel, a priceless, one-of-a-kind gem who makes living precious for many people, including you."

— Dave Pipitone

"You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you."

— George R.R. Martin

"Often, in old age, the sisters become each other’s chosen and most happy companions. In addition to their shared memories of childhood and their relationship to each other’s children, they . . . carry the echoes of their mother’s voice."

— Margaret Mead

"Sisters make the best friends in the world."

— Marilyn Monroe

"The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend."

— Cali Rae Turner

"Parents are just parents, brothers are just brothers, best friends are just best friends, even husbands are just husbands, but sisters – well, sisters are the ones to whom sisters always turn in times of joy or trouble, celebration or crisis."

— Lorraine Bodger

"I’m the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don’t have anything. It’s hard. I love her too much. That’s what counts."

— Venus Williams

"Sister. You are not only a strong woman, you are the strongest tie to the best years of my life."

— Melanie J. Pellowski