Deborah Tannen Quotes

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

Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.

Having sisters is the best. I have a different relationship with each of them. I go to Kim for fashion advice, Khloe is always boy and family advice, and Kourtney is like another mother to me.

I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.

I wouldn't say that it's hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do.

My sisters are my best friends and such incredible women.

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

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to write a sister story.

The desire to be and have a sister is a primitive and profound one that may have everything or nothing to do with the family a woman is born to. It is a desire to know and be known by someone who shares blood and body, history and dreams.

I've been blessed to have an amazing mom and two amazing sisters - so they set a very high standard.

My sisters, we didn't like each other as kids. We were scared of each other, I think, but we've grown to love each other. It was fun to write about these sisters who were supposed to hate each other but really don't.

I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.

My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely.

I do have a sister. I have never written much about sisters before. I am very close to my sister, but, maybe, because we are very close, it never occurred to me to write about her.

I'm very close to my sisters.

I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.

I keep my sisters on speed dial.

I think I am a pretty good sister.

When women told me they'd always wished they had a sister, they were thinking of this ideal of mutual encouragement and support. Many of those who have sisters also yearn for this ideal because their relationships with their sisters don't always live up to it.

Growing up with a sister, someone I talk to all the time, helps me appreciate women.

I'm insanely close to my sister.

My brother's my best friend, without a doubt. Me and my big sister get along so well. She moved to East London, though, so points off, but she's wicked. And then my little sister is a little genius. She's super talented and such a great person, always been far more mature and cool than me.

There is something about a guy who has a great relationship with his sisters.