“Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks the less is left over for the others.”

“Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.”

“Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony.”

“Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks the less is left over for the others.”

“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.”

“Both within the family and without our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become.”