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My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), British author. Helen Stoner, in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891).)
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"Woe to my sister, false Helen!"
(Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 55). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939) Oxford University Press.)
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Anne: He hit me, Jack. My own brother, he hit me.
Jack: Your brother's an old-fashioned man, he believes in a sister's honor. Me, I'm Modern Man, the 20th-century type. I run.
(Robert Rossen (1908-1966), U.S. screenwriter. Anne (Joanne Dru), Jack (John Ireland), All The King's Men (1949).)
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Fifty years ago it was taken for granted that marriage was the goal of every young woman's inmost thought, and the aim for her of her father and mother. While it is everlastingly true that home is woman's kingdom, and that she who is happily married reaches a divine reality of blessedness surpassing that of her mateless sister, still single women are not objects of pity. There are numberless avenues for their occupation, and a girl with ordinary gifts has but to choose that employment for which she is best fitted.
(Margaret E. Sangster (1838-1912), U.S. author. An Autobiography from My Youth Up, ch. 23 (1909).)
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A young woman of twenty reacts with intuitive promptitude and security in all the usual circumstances in which she may be placed. Her likes and dislikes are formed; her opinions, to a great extent, the same that they will be through life. Her character is, in fact, finished in its essentials. How inferior to her is a boy of twenty in all these respects! His character is still gelatinous, uncertain what shape to assume, "trying it on" in every direction. Feeling his power, yet ignorant of the manner in which he shall express it, he is, when compared to his sister, a being of no definite contour.
(William James (1842-1910), U.S. psychologist, philosopher. Principles of Psychology, ch. 10 (1890).)
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Then gently scan your brother Man,
Still gentler sister Woman;
Though they may gang a kennin wrang,
To step aside is human:
(Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous (l. 49-52). . .
Burns; Complete Poems and Songs. James Kinsley, ed. (1969) Oxford University Press.)
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Take two kids in competition for their parents' love and attention. Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other; the resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other; the personal frustrations that they don't dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister, and it's not hard to understand why in families across the land, the sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
(Adele Faber (20th century), U.S. author, and Elaine Mazlish (20th century), U.S. author. Siblings Without Rivalry, introduction (1987).)
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Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,
Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me Bill!
(Eugene Field (1850-1895), U.S. poet, humorist. Jest 'fore Christmas (l. 29-36). . .
One Hundred and One Famous Poems. Roy J. Cook, comp. (Rev. ed., 1958) Reilly & Lee Company; reprinted 1981 by Contemporary Books.)
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