I grew up in a town where there were no adults over forty who weren't somebody's parents. It was, unfortunately, the kind… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
“Do you live here?" Sophie asked dryly. "No," he said, plopping down into the chair next to her, "although my mother is… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents made a lot of sacrifices for my brother and I to go to private school and to attend… — Marcus Mariota Copy Share Image
For each of us, life is a journey. Heavenly Father designed it for us out of love. Each of us has unique… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“Abba is not Hebrew, the language of liturgy, but Aramaic, the language of home and everyday life … We need to be… — Thomas A. Smail Copy Share Image
“The first desire for each of us is the longing to be the phallus for the mother. Phallus here refers not to… — Stephen A. Mitchell Copy Share Image
I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in the government of the lash, if any one of you ever expects to whip your children again,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Came to acting pretty late. It looked wonderful, but I guess I was intimidated by my father. I look a bit like… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
Moral values have been thrown out the window. Christianity is out the window. And that's wrong. Parents should be at home, teaching… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
“When he prayed he touched his parents, who could not otherwise be touched, and he touched a feeling that we are all… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“and so it came to pass that i was strapped to a gurney and covered in raw liver and slabs of beef… — James St. James Copy Share Image
“My mother read it when she was a teenager," Henry said, picking a piece of lint off his lap. " To Kill… — Ophelia London Copy Share Image
“Pino saw the trials of the past few weeks in a different light, and he felt excited and filled with new purpose.… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Blue had once intercepted a set of e-mails on her mother’s computer; one of Maura’s male clients had ardently begged Maura to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
You hold the picture Though it goes unsaid I know you question Where you fit in Among the faces You hear their… — Rachel Copy Share Image
For in those tacit understandings which maintain the bond of family union, the mother is really the mistress of her daughter only… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Now that I'm a father of three kids, suddenly the whole world seems different. I don't want to take anything for granted.… — Damian Loeb Copy Share Image
As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage of… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
My mother wants me to settle down and have children! I'm aware that it's a mother's concern and I respect it. But… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
“We know that a loving Father has allowed us to live in a time when Jesus Christ has called prophets and others… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of -… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
“Your father doesn't give his devotion lightly or carelessly. When you are given a piece of someone like that, someone who doesn't… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Had I been brought to America a few years earlier, I might have written that in such and such a year my… — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
My parents lovingly passed down the lessons of their lives so that my sister, Jana, and I may also teach our children… — Mark Schlereth Copy Share Image
“I happen to like being sad over nothing at all. I find it suits me. (Ewan) A smile would suit you better.… — Kinley MacGregor Copy Share Image
About my first memory, sitting on the shoulders of a giant who I know can only be my father. Of touching the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
When I think about that kind of spirit. I think about my mother, who is standing here with me tonight. My mother… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
“Very well!' said Doyce. 'Then, if this young lady will do me the honour of regarding me for four-and-twenty hours in the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We have ambitions, we go on with our lives. We get married and have families. But I was interested to know what… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Egypt.mother of civilization, dreaming herself through the centuries. Dreaming us all, her children: those who stay and work for her and complain… — Ahdaf Soueif Copy Share Image
My father took me to see Hank Williams on December 14th, 1952. I was two years and four months of age. And… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
We must not forget that these men and women who file through the narrow gates at Ellis Island, hopeful, confused, with bundles… — Walter Weyl Copy Share Image
“Glory went to look in on her father. He lay on his right side, his face composed, intent on sleep. His hair… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
This divine privilege of raising our children is a much greater responsibility than we can do alone, without the Lord's help. He… — Cheryl A. Esplin Copy Share Image
“There is no reason why a child, living in every other way as a dependent of his parents, could not and should… — John Holt Copy Share Image
A full accounting of adoption as an option would not underestimate its emotional challenges - the grief and loss for birth mothers,… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
“Such was the bridal-hour of Genius and Humanity. Who shall rehearse the tale of their after-union? Who shall depict its bliss and… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep… — Louis Bacon Copy Share Image
