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big sisters Quotes

Five of the best book quotes about big sisters
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“Star always did stuff, cleaned her up and looked after her when she was really bad. I don’t know how to do it. I don’t know how to do anything without Star. She’s not just like my sister. She’s like my mum too. And my best friend. And now she’s walked out on me and I haven’t got anyone.”
Jacqueline Wilson
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The Illustrated Mum
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″‘All right, Peter,’ she whispered. ‘I’m here.’ She felt the tension ebb slowly out of him, the trembling die gradually away. When a boy is only eight a big sister of thirteen can be wonderfully comforting.”
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“Always she had protected Peter, had smoothed things out and made them easy for him- molly-coddled him like an anxious hen her father had once said. But how could she protect him now?”
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“To ask your big sister to be your ally is like asking Nova Scotia to go into battle with you.”
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″‘You’re going to be okay Magda. I won’t let anything happen to you.’ Magda forces a small smile. ‘That’s my line. I’m your big sister, I look after you.‘”

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