#sibling

We bumped into other silent lines of kids going in the same direction. We looked like we were much younger and our lines were headed to the cafeteria or recess or the carpool line. Or it could’ve been a fire drill. Except for the stone-faced police officers weaving between us with rifles. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#grief #gun-violence #laura-anderson-kurk #love #school-shooting

I liked having some time to myself. Our family was such a close one, you could get smothered. Of course, we didn't always agree with one another. Sometimes I quarreled with my brother and sisters, but I couldn't remember hating anyone for more than five minutes. ↗

— Gloria Whelan

#anger #family #getting-along #siblings #anger

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other. ↗

— Terry McMillan

#between #each #families #how #i

I swear, Oliver, when did you become such a stick-in-the-mud?” “I’ve always been a stick-in-the-mud.” Her brother cast her a thin smile. “I just hid it beneath all the debauchery.” She sniffed. “I wish you’d hide it again. It’s quite annoying. ↗

— Sabrina Jeffries

#siblings #humor

I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#bounce #encouraged #everyone #go #i

It's been my experience that only children never learn when to keep their fucking traps shut. An older brother would have beat that out of you. ↗

— Adrian McKinty

#only-children #siblings #talking #experience

Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#family #family-drama #family-relationships #family-saga #hispanic

He’s my brother, my blood. He annoys the hell out of me most of the time, but when it comes right down to it I want to see him graduate from college and have little annoying mini-Alexes and mini-Brittanys running around in the future ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#siblings #family

I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be one of so many, to have not just parents and siblings but cousins and aunts and uncles, an entire tribe to claim as your own. Maybe you would feel lost in the crowd. Or sheltered by it. Whatever the case, one things was for sure: like it or not, you'd never be alone. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#crowd #family #parents #siblings #family

My mother says we’re supposed to make mistakes. That’s the way we learn.” Rocky Ryan in Bully At Ambush Corner. ↗

— Karen Mueller Coombs

#bullying #family-relationships #girls-who-bully #music #sibling-relationships