That was the rule that you never mixed up troubles at home with life at school. When parents were poor or ignorant… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I remember a very nurturing, safe environment: everybody knew who I was, who my parents were, who my grandparents were, what part… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
I was the go-between when my father needed to negotiate a contract whether it be our mortgage or my mother dealing with… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
If you have a smothering parent, the effect it can apparently have on a child is to give them, in equal doses,… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
“When he mentioned family, I could only think of my father, my real father, the Long Island janitor with the impenetrable accent… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
My parents' deportation gave me so much strength to keep on moving forward, because any type of failure - whether in school… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
“He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, 'I love you, Mother.' He took my hand and kissed it, and folded… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“Not long after our final lesson, on one of our Sundays at the lake, my father and I were walking along the… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
My father has acted in over 700 films. My mother acted in one film, 'Kismat with Mithun Chakraborty,' in which my father… — Shraddha Kapoor Copy Share Image
My mother was very wary at first. And now she's come around 180 degrees. She's, like, one of my biggest fans now.… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
When the door shuts another opens. He that would struggle with the world, and bear up in adversity, ought still to resolve… — Samuel Palmer Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents were Roman Catholic - strict Catholics - from New Orleans. I understood the idea in the principle of… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
Parents ought to feel more comfortable about the care of their children than some experts would seem to permit. If children were… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I… — Jean Fritz Copy Share Image
“Dale's family is like that. Let the Law come within twenty yards of them, and every male over the age of six--uncles,… — Sheila Turnage Copy Share Image
My father, God bless him, thought it was such an impossible desire to be able to make a living the way I… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
We worked all the time, just worked and then we would be hungry and my mother was clearing up a new ground… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I can't stop watching 'Pan Am.' When I was growing up, my father worked as an engineer in Turkey, and we always… — Gayle King Copy Share Image
“So I put my shoulder against the door, which was too little for me anyway, said a hearty fuck your mother to… — Danielle Bennett Copy Share Image
“The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a moment of stunned silence.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“For what are called criminals nowadays are not criminals at all. Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime. That… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Max had once read in one of his father's books that some childhood images become engraved in the mind like photographs, like… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
But I killed a man just like my mother did. David says it’s okay because I didn’t mean to, and because he… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I decided to try drama for the attention and making my family laugh. There is no greater joy then hearing your parents… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
The essence of Christianity consists therein: that the creation of the Father, destroyed by sin, is again restored in the death of… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“They put me in jail. Holy shit. They put me in fucking jail. Call my mother and tell her I love her,… — Lila Monroe Copy Share Image
Mortality is a school of suffering and trials. We are here that we may be educated in a school of suffering and… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
“I don’t think I’ll be worth shit as a father, but I’m going to be here for you and our baby until… — Ella Fox Copy Share Image
“He remembers noticing his dad's shadow was shorter than the others, and he had a visceral sense his father was weaker than… — Jardine Libaire Copy Share Image
“Mr. Herriton, don’t – please, Mr. Herriton – a dentist. His father’s a dentist.” Philip gave a cry of personal disgust and… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
The Father's plan is designed to provide direction for His children, to help them become happy, and to bring them safely home… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
“Father taught me to like wht he called 'discussion', she recalled. Margaret Thatcher never repudiated the Methodism of her childhood, with its… — Charles Moore Copy Share Image
My parents have tried not to intrude. They kind of stayed apart from my gymnastics but are very supportive, and that's very… — Laurie Hernandez Copy Share Image
The traditional American husband and father had the responsibilities-and the privileges-of playing the role of primary provider. Sharing that role is not… — Faye J Crosby Copy Share Image
If we go too far down the road of choosing the genetic traits of children, my worry is that parenting will be… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I can see the gravity of this pandemic as my parents are doctors. This is not only a health crisis and we… — Pranitha Subhash Copy Share Image
“He had suddenly the clearest understanding he had ever had of the way his father had gone so wrong. A man's strength… — Laura Florand Copy Share Image
Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“Did you know Grandfather would give the poems to me?” I ask. “We thought he might,” my mother says. “Why didn’t you… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
