Arena Quote by Elizabeth Fishel

Sisters, while they are growing up, tend to be very rivalrous and as young mothers they are given to continual rivalrous comparisons of their…

— Margaret Mead

It always struck Fire, the physical affection between these siblings, who as often as not were at each other's throats over one thing or…

— Kristin Cashore

Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other.

— Carol Saline

“Hypothesis: Brothers and sisters forge family bonds through a complex byplay of accusations and insults.”

— Gordon Korman

“Sisters and brothers are the truest, purest forms of love, family and friendship, knowing when to hold you and when to challenge you, but…

— Carol Ann Albright Eastman

“There was that constant communication which strong family affection would dictate; and though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other, they could…

— Jane Austen

I am interested in intense, unbreakable emotional connections and oftentimes, such connections can be found between siblings.

— Roxane Gay

Every articulate family ... generates its own stories, explanations and myths to illuminate the differences in temperament and talent among its children, the lines…

— Elizabeth Fishel

“Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ~Margaret Mead”

— Margaret Mead

Sibling relationships have been underemphasised in learning about child development.

— Robert J. Waldinger

What surprised me was that within a family, the voices of sisters as they're talking are virtually always the same.

— Elizabeth Fishel

It was the sibling thing, I suppose. I was fascinated by the intricate tangle of love and duty and resentment that tied them together.…

— Kate Morton