Sibling Quotes

197 quotes by 167 authors

The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws,… — Jane Smiley
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… — Susan Forward
You deliver 2,000 babies or better - 3,000 by that time. And that's, you know, at minimum, three people each. And then if you take… — Tom Coburn
The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling. — Pope John Paul II
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. — Anatole France
My siblings are my best friends. — America Ferrera
I have lots of older siblings, and as they started to leave the house, I went from cooking once a week to twice, three times,… — Hugh Jackman
Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends. — Kim Kardashian
The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose. — Garrison Keillor
Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live full… — Jeffrey Kluger
Older siblings get more total-immersion mentoring with their parents before younger siblings come along. As a result, they get an IQ and linguistic advantage because… — Jeffrey Kluger
If you're an older sibling and you have a younger sibling who needs mentoring or is afraid of the dark, you develop nurturing and empathic… — Jeffrey Kluger
We're learning how important it is both to preserve sibling relationships if they work and repair them if they're broken. We're also learning a lot… — Jeffrey Kluger
My own life has in some ways been a decades-long tour of the sibling experience. I have full sibs, I have half-sibs, and for a… — Jeffrey Kluger
Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most… — Jeffrey Kluger
It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are… — Jeffrey Kluger
There's a sort of sibling moratorium when you're establishing yourself as an adult. So much of your energy has to be focused on other things… — Jeffrey Kluger
When you're your parents' one shot at a genetic legacy, you may get to attend all the best schools, wear all the best clothes and… — Jeffrey Kluger
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… — Leo Kottke
We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation:… — Anne Lamott

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