1. “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

2. “I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.”—Little Women film adaptation (1994)

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

4. “Acquaintances were always on their best behavior, but sisters loved each other enough to say anything.”—Lauren Weisberger

5. “As you’re growing up and you’re close, you can’t trust anyone the way you trust your sister, but also they have the power to wound you in ways no one else really does.”—Ally Condie

6. “If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she’s wearing your best sweater.”—Pam Brown

7. “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

8. “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

9. “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

10. “Sisters make the best friends in the world.”—Marilyn Monroe

11. “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

12. “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

15. “Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?”—Alice Walker

16. “A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.”—Deborah Tannen

18. “In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips.”—Anonymous

19. “I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister.”—Erin Morgenstern

20. “Nobody fights you like your own sister; nobody else knows the most vulnerable parts of you and will aim for them without mercy.”
—Jojo Moyes

22. “Don’t talk about my sister; don’t play with me about my sister. If you do, you’ll see another side of me.”—Beyoncé

24. “That’s the best thing about little sisters: They spend so much time wishing they were elder sisters that in the end they’re far wiser than the elder ones could ever be.”—Gemma Burgess

—Khoudia Diop

26. “Sister to sister we will always be, a couple of nuts off the family tree.”—Anonymous

27. “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

28. “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

29. “Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other.”—Carol Saline

30. “We have our own, unspoken language—a look that makes one of us fall on the floor laughing or the slight inflection in our voice that conveys everything. It is the ability to prod laughter and love no matter how much your heart might hurt. Someone who sees you exactly as you are and thinks that is enough. Someone who will walk next to you always.”—Barbara Bush, on twin sister Jenna Bush Hager

32. “Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.”—Benjamin Disraeli

33. “What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention.”―Claire Cook

35. “I’m smiling because we’re sisters. I’m laughing because there’s nothing you can do about it.”—Anonymous

36. “You ever hear Dad introduce us to people? ‘This our daughter Dottie. And this is our other daughter, Dottie’s sister.’ They should’ve just had you and bought a dog.”—A League of Their Own

38. “My sister…is the person who keeps me in line, whether I like it or not. I trust her and also have a good, healthy fear of her.”
—Katy Perry

40. “Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister, and lord help the sister who comes between me and my man.”—Irving Berlin

41. “There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.”—Mary Worley Montagu

43. “I know my sister like I know my own mind/You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind…I love my sister more than anything in this life/I will choose her happiness over mine every time.”—Hamilton

44. “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

—Louisa May Alcott

Funny Sister Quotes

46. “My first beauty moment was when I was probably four years old. My sister and I snuck into my mom’s room and got into her makeup. We put on blush and lipstick and eyeshadow. I will always remember that day.”—Stella Maxwell

—Erin Foster

48. “A sister is both your mirror—and your opposite.”—Elizabeth Fishel

49. “The only person I lie to is my little sister, when I steal her clothes.”—Kendall Jenner

50. “Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.”—Anonymous