For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
Interpretation
Sisters provide unwavering support in both good times and bad.
This quote emphasizes the unique and invaluable bond between sisters, highlighting their roles as sources of encouragement, guidance, and strength in various situations. It acknowledges that a sister's friendship is especially significant, as she can help navigate the challenges and joys of life, ensuring we never face hardships alone.
In practice
In a speech about family bonds, one could quote this for celebrating the support of sisters.
When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet: And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on as if in pain: And dreaming through the twilight That doth not rise nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply I may forget.
We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?
To her whose heart is my heart's quiet home,_x000D_ _x000D_ To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee_x000D_ _x000D_ I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome.
Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live My very life again though cold in death; Come back to me in dreams, that I may give Pulse for pulse, breath for breath: Speak low, lean low, As long ago, my love, how long ago
Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart; My silent heart, lie still and break: Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed For a dream's sake.
I lock my door upon myself, And bar them out; but who shall wall Self from myself, most loathed of all?
I wanted to collaborate with someone, but it had to be someone I could work with and who wouldn't disrespect my past.
Oh, if I had had a friend at this moment, a friend in an attic room, dreaming by candlelight and with a violin lying ready at his hand! How I should have slipped up to him in his quiet hour, noiselessly climbing the winding stair to take him by surprise, and then with talk and music we should have held heavenly festival throughout the night!
Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds.
I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
Aziraphale. The Enemy, of course. But an enemy for six thousand years now, which made him a sort of friend.
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