However time or circumstances may come between mother and her child, their lives are interwoven forever.

In loneliness, in sickness, in confusion-the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help. It is enough that they exist. Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. It is from these things that it flowers.

Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

A friend is the only person you will let into the house when you are Turning Out Drawers.

From serenity comes gentleness, comes lasting strength.

Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers.