Mary Schmich, Wear Sunscreen

“Be nice to your siblings. They’re your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.”

The Blessings of Animals, Katrina Kittle

“No man puts my sister on the floor.  You hear me?  You wanna cry, you cry in a chair.  On the couch. In your bed.  But not on the floor.”

Matched, Ally Condie

“I hold onto my brother and for the first time in years he hugs me back, tight, the way he did when he was a little boy and I the big sister he admired more than anyone else in the world.”