“The fact is, the man who’d begotten me didn’t want me. In his eyes I should never have been born. And perhaps… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
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I don't even have the plaques in my house - the gold and platinum-selling plaques. I gave them to my parents and… — Dennis Lloyd Copy Share Image
Jesus beckons me to follow him to that place of weakness where I risk the vulnerability of a child so that I… — Gary Haugen Copy Share Image
“Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid." "What do you think?" his father asked. Bran thought about… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“…"Penryn, who are you talking to?" My mother sounds almost frantic now. "Just my own personal demon, Mom.Don't worry.He's just a little… — Susan Ee Copy Share Image
“My mother's perpetual now, tempting me with possibility. Weren't we silly, she might say? What was the matter with us? Let's be… — Susanna Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests.… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“I explained my whole theory about parenting being better if it was like a large Italian family having dinner under a tree… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I think I was only five years old when 'Aashiqui' happened. And I remember very faintly that my father used to bring… — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
In terms of parenthood, I think the pressure has amped up massively too. Some parents are setting the bar ludicrously high in… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“Recalling, some time later, what I had felt at the time, I distinguished the impression of having been held for a moment… — marcel proust Copy Share Image
My late mother moved back to her parents' homeland in the 1990s when Ukraine and Russia, along with the thirteen other former… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
Our earth is like a child who has grown up without parents, having no one to guide her... Some have attempted to… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
“I would never abandon you. You know that. I will provide for every—” “Providing is not enough. Children shouldn’t be strangers from… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Well, I have a Norwegian father who emigrated to America in the 1950s, and he still speaks with varying degrees of an… — Christopher Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
I didn't have my dad there and I had another mate who didn't have his father, and you kind of form your… — Dorian Yates Copy Share Image
“As far as concerned the apostasy, indeed, He redeems us righteously from it by His own blood; but as regards us who… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“(Matthew 5:14-16) “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do… — Lee Vickers Copy Share Image
I lived for two years in an abandoned gas station with no running water and no electricity after my parents got divorced… — Kyrsten Sinema Copy Share Image
Parenting can be established as a time-share job, but mothers are less good "switching off" their parent identity and turning to something… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
“See what I mean? I think it’s a generational thing.” She turned to him, and a faint smile played at the corners… — Katie Graykowski Copy Share Image
If your parents are billionaires, that might actually be an obstacle to your own happiness and self-development. If you go to Oxford… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Dearly beloved," Father Bruce began, "we are gathered here to witness the union of Nick and Harper as they pledge their love… — Kristan Higgins Copy Share Image
It may be that at this moment every battlement of heaven is alive with the redeemed. There is a sainted mother watching… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show… — Lionel Barber Copy Share Image
“She set you down on the floor and you started ranging around, picking things up, pulling my cats tail- you screamed like… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“I know a woman here in Toronto who is very dear to my heart. She was my foster mother. I call her… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
My husband lived in Lucknow. My father lived in Delhi, of course. So I shuttled between Delhi and Lucknow and...naturally, if my… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I like this thought: Your mind is a cupboard, and you stock the shelves. Let us make certain that our cupboard shelves,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
With my father and uncle so involved in racing, it was the only thing I ever knew, so I'm sure that had… — Jacques Villeneuve Copy Share Image
God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
I grew up in Hollywood. My father always told me that this is a job. These events are filled with people you… — Troian Bellisario Copy Share Image
If you're a father of a child who dies, it's an experience that never leaves you. It scars you forever and ever… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wake up before dawn, and I love sitting up in the middle of the bed with all the lights off,… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
The Founding Father expressed in words for all to read the ideal of Government based upon the dignity of the individual. That… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
It's definitely hard to live up to expectation. Especially early in my career, everyone was expecting so much from me, everyone was… — Chris Eubank Jr Copy Share Image
I'm sure there's lots of parents and grandparents who have done that for their kids, but if you start requesting a care… — Clay Travis Copy Share Image