“Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.”

— Rudyard Kipling, book Plain Tales from the Hills

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Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)

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English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936

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Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

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“You can kid the world, but not your sister.”

Charlotte Gray (1948) Canadian historian

“Do you forget that I am your sister?”
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“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”

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“Come on, Fred, I'm not your sister, you know.”

Fred Astaire (1899–1987) American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter

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