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Sibling relationships — and 80 percent of Americans have at

Sibling relationships — and 80 percent of Americans have at least one — outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust. – Erica E. Goode, “The Secret World of Siblings,” U.S. News & Worl

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There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me. – Mary Montagu

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