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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.

For each other, at each other: Sisters can be either or both. The same could be said of people in any close relationship. Yet there is something special about sisters - specially gratifying and specially fraught.

A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.

My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.

A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family.

I do have a sister - I have two sisters.

I realize I'm a mirror.

As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.

A sister is the one person you can call in the middle of the night when you can't sleep or the one who doesn't want to hear about your problems unless you're ready to do something about them. She's the one who is there when you need her or the one whose absence when you need her hurts the most.

There is a page in 'Diary of a Worm' in which the worm tells his sister that no matter how much time she spends looking in the mirror, her face will always look just like her rear end. Any girl that grew up with brothers can relate to the merciless teasing.