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A sister is several people rolled into one. She is a confidante, a critic, an accomplice, a detective who discovers your secrets, a conscience, your superhero, and your biggest fan. She is someone who will accept you exactly as you are.

Truly, the bond shared by sisters can never be severed. It is something that will be shared for life. The laughter, the tears, the fights, the bickering, and all the memories shared together.

The bond between sisters is difficult to define, but these 101 quotes capture the essence of that unique, important, and sometimes complicated relationship.

Share some of these quotes with your sister to show her how much you care. Read the endearing, funny, and meaningful quotes about being, having, and appreciating a sister with her and laugh and reminisce about good memories.

101 Sister quotes

Endearing sister quotes

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.

– Christina Rossetti

If you have nothing in life but a loving sister, you are rich.

– Unknown

Your sister knows which hot buttons to push to get you going, but she also knows how to be a support and encouragement when you go through difficult times.

– Byron Pulsifer

Sisters share the scent and smells — the feel of a common childhood.

– Pam Brown

Sisters share a bond unlike any other – thornier, but also tender, full of possibility.

– Joy McCullough

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.

– Isadora James

Sisters are splendid and incredible siblings who tower out life with exuberance and responsiveness at all times.

– JD Ghai

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

– Mary Wortley Montagu

My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder who’s memories belong to whom. 

– Shannon Celebi

Sisters. Because we all need someone who will defend us behind our back and then call us on our shit to our face. 

– Brooke Hampton

Sisters touch your heart in ways no other could. Sisters share…their hopes, their fears, their Love, everything they have. Real friendship springs from their special bonds.

– Carrie Bagwell

Unconditional love: the definition of sister.

– Alicia Cook

Because angels are sometimes busy elsewhere, God created sisters like you.

– Sal Williams

Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart—oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape—of your sister.

– Katherine Mansfield

You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections; there is nothing like it in this world.

– Charlotte Bronte

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.

– Unknown

My sister was the one person who told me not to change, that my skin was beautiful. She really helped me feel good about myself.

– Khoudia Diop

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

– Margaret Mead

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.

– Marion Garretty

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

– Cali Rae Turner

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double.

– Toni Morrison

A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.

– Unknown

The ones that stay with you through everything—they’re your true best friends. Don’t let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world.

– Marilyn Monroe

A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

– Unknown

We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school.

– Charlotte Gray

Funny sister quotes

More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you’ve been bad and good.

– Linda Sunshine

Never let an angry sister comb your hair.

– Patricia McCann

Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.

– Pam Brown

A sister will always notice her sister’s first gray hairs with glee.

– Allison M Lee

Sisters are like fat thighs… they stick together.

– Unknown

I smile because you’re my sister. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.

– Unknown

My sister has an awesome sister, true story.

– Unknown

If you don’t annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don’t love her anymore.

– Pearl Cleage

We are sisters. If I am mad at someone, you are mad at them, too. End of story.

– Unknown

You and I are sisters. Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up… as soon as I finish laughing.

– Unknown

Behind every little sister there’s a big sister standing behind her holding a bat saying, ‘You wanna say that again?’

– Unknown

A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.

– Deborah Tannen

If you don’t understand how a woman could both love her sister and want to wring her neck at the same time then you were probably an only child.

– Unknown

When I say I won’t tell anyone, my sister doesn’t count.

– Unknown

I can’t remember if I am the good sister or the evil sister.

– Unknown

My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time. 

– Linda Sunshine

There is no problem that sisters cannot confront, combat, plot against, ignore, make fun of, drown in chocolate sauce, or run over with the car.

– Unknown

If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: “Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma.

– Linda Sunshine

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she’s wearing your best sweater.

– Pam Brown

That feeling when you’re so excited to see your sister…and you realize she’s wearing your clothes.

– Unknown

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

Sister. She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she’s the reason you wish you were an only child.

– Barbara Alpert

Sisters don’t need words. They have perfected their own secret language of smiles, sniffs, sighs, gasps, winks, and eyerolls.

– Unknown

Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

– Sam Levenson

A toast once heard: “To my big sister, who never found her second Easter egg until I’d found my first.

– Robert Brault

Sometimes I feel old but then I remember my sister is older.

– Unknown

Older sister: I make the rules. Middle sister: I’m the reason we have rules. Little sister: rules don’t apply to me.

– Unknown

No matter how hard you try, sisters are the friends you can never get rid of.

– Unknown

Do you forget that I am your sister?” “No; I’ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it. 

– Georgette Heyer

As anybody with two older sisters can tell you, a closed door is like a red rag to a bull. It cannot go unchallenged. 

– Alan Bradley

A sister smiles when one tells one’s stories – for she knows where the decoration has been added. 

– Chris Montaigne

Sis, you are my best friend…that I can never get rid of.

– Unknown

What’s the good of news if you haven’t a sister to share it?

– James DeVries

Dear little sister, never forget, I was your first boss! Now, do my dishes.

– Unknown

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can’t get rid of. You know whatever you do, they’ll still be there.

– Amy Li

It’s hard to find a sister who’s this loving, generous, beautiful, and smart—I hope you never lose me!

– Unknown

She could always talk me into anything. My sister made me a little starstruck.

– Stacie Ramey

Happiness is annoying your older sister by being taller than her.

– Unknown

Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.

– Pam Brown

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.

– Charles M Schultzd

Emotional sister quotes

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

– Benjamin Disraeli

An older sister is a friend and defender – a listener, conspirator, a counselor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too. 

– Pam Brown

She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling even in the dark.

– Barbara Alpert

One’s sister is part of one’s essential self, an eternal presence of one’s’ heart, soul and memory. 

– Susan Cabil

To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confidant…it is to have a soul mate for life.

– Victoria Secunda

I’ve known every love possible, but as the years stretched out, the love I longed for the most is the one I shared with my sister. 

– Josephine Angelini

But the love of sisters needs no words. It does not depend on memories, or mementos, or proof. It runs as deep as a heartbeat. It is as ever-present as a pulse. 

– Lisa Wingate

Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears.

– Unknown

She’s always there for me when I need her. She’s my best friend. She’s just my everything.

– Ashley Olsen

We’ll always fight, but we’ll always make up as well. That’s what sisters do: we argue, we point out each other’s frailties, mistakes, and bad judgment, we flash the insecurities we’ve had since childhood, and then we come back together. Until the next time.

– Lisa See

We shared a room, you stole my toys, and then my clothes, but best friends we became.

– Catherine Pulsifer

A sister is a dearest friend, a closest enemy, and an angel at the time of need.

– Debasish Mridha

As a younger brother, you look up to your sister.

– John F. Kennedy, Jr.

My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.

– Venus Williams

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

– Louise Glück

Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life. 

– Lisa See

As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.

– Patti Smith

Little sisters can be a pain, but the big sister heroine worship can’t be beat.

– Allison M Lee

Sisters will always love you tomorrow no matter what you do today.

– Marinela Reka

When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?

– Pam Brown

Meaningful sister quotes

We acquire friends and enemies, but our sisters come with the territory. 

– Evelyn Loeb

A ministering angel shall my sister be. 

– William Shakespeare

A sister is a friend you don’t have to avoid the truth with. 

– Michelle Malm

One of the best things about being an adult is the realization that you can share with your sister and still have plenty for yourself. 

– Betsy Cohen

A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family. 

– Deborah Tannen

There is no place for secrets in sisterhood. 

– Erin Forbes

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

– Carol Saline

A sister is both your mirror—and your opposite.

– Elizabeth Fishel

No one will ever be as entertained by us as us.

– Unknown

But most are like my sister and me… linked by volatile love, best friends who make other best friends ever so slightly less best.

– Patricia Volk

Look inside any sister relationship and you’ll find a wealth of interesting stories.

– Colleen Sell

Acquaintances were always on their best behavior, but sisters loved each other enough to say anything.

– Lauren Weisberger

Only a sister, an alternative self, could inspire such a sordid mix of disgust and envy.

– Namwali Serpell

The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble.

– Clara Ortega

A Sister is a cure for swollen heads and ego trips.

– Pam Brown

Sister and friend: two words that mean the same thing.

– Unknown

Why having a sister is such a blessing

Although you may believe that growing up with a sister is a curse, you know in your heart that you would not have it any other way. Because you adore your sister and she adores you.

And having a sister around is special in so many ways because you can…

Your sister is your best defense, your best friend, and is present for the best memories. The most memorable laughs and the sweetest sad moments can be experienced and shared with your sister by your side.

Finally, having a sister is like having a built-in partner for life, from good to bad. No matter what stage you are in life, your sister will always be there to dry your tears or make you laugh.

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