“ Family Patterns In studies, many shy people report that their parents have a controlling nature. If your parents are overprotective and… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
You should form your own opinions, and I think that's why social media is good because it's an alternative source of information… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Harry’s father watches his son and feels something enormous inside of him. His own father would have never understood what he was… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Maturity Is Knowing Who You Choose Matters Most. We don’t choose our parents. We don’t choose our children. But we do choose… — Matheesha Prathapa Copy Share Image
My parents had normal jobs, and I didn't just want to work all day, and so I thought if I could break… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
Beatrice," she says. "Beatrice, we have to run." She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Given the chance, would I go back? Back to the time when my parents were alive? When my biggest problem was a… — Kirby Howell Copy Share Image
My mother, who was radiant, young, and beautiful even as she lay dying, heard voices and saw visions, but she always managed… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My father did say this; it's been fifty years since the chamber has been opened. He wouldn't tell me who opened it,… — Draco Malfoy Copy Share Image
My father was one of the first Tae Kwon Do Masters to come to the states in the '60s. He had one… — Will Yun Lee Copy Share Image
“Your mother, my mother, and mother of pearl walk into a bar, and the bartender says, “Hello, dad, you look more like… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I called my mother immediately to inform her that she was a bad parent. "I can't believe you let us watch this.… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
As the Japanese family gets more and more atomized, grandparents don't live with the nuclear family, so parents of children can't consult… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we… — Luci Shaw Copy Share Image
A mother serves her sugar with A bit of peppermint To clarify the passages That carry what she meant When she first… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I didn't do plays in downtown Boston, and my parents weren't putting me in auditions. They never… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
To think, "I am a sinner, oh Father, save me," is a defective approach! You should say, "I am your son, I… — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Copy Share Image
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Let children alone... the education of habit is successful in so far as it enables the mother to let her children alone,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“You cannot always depend on prayers to be answered the way you want them answered but you can always depend on God.… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“I’ll need a deposit, of course. I think that’s where your ring comes in handy.” Ira extended his open hand toward Camille.… — Angie Frazier Copy Share Image
“The father was dry-eyed but the mother kept erupting, like loudly, unprovoked, in a keening foreign wail that was almost like song;… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I'm part of the tribe who have said goodbye to one parent and are feeling a sense of responsibility for the one… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I remember my father playing a cassette for me when I was fifteen - Amjad Ali's 'Durga.' He said, 'This is from… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
I wake up everyday and try to be the best husband, father and entertainer I can be. I'm no different offstage or… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
She often used to talk about the fact that during the war, her mother, because there was a little food and no… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
I grew up not really having a father figure, and it didn't bother me, because he wasn't there in the first place.… — Labrinth Copy Share Image
“Cathy was fourteen when she entered high school. She had always been precious to her parents, but with her entrance into the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“He dismounted first then helped her mother down, even kissing her cheek once his wife was on level ground. “There you are,… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
Coming from parents who came over from the West Indies to the U.K. and always being subject to being the other; meaning… — Judi Love Copy Share Image
All my life I've been seeing things through the culture. My father, for instance, was the press's bad boy. People really hated… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Fathers have a quality of responsibility and coming back home from work after the daily hustle and the best thing is that… — Sunny Singh Copy Share Image
“This book started like this. My son, who is called Michael or Mike these days, but was Mikey back then, was angry… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I am really fortunate to have parents who supported my plan to become an actress when I was a little kid. And… — Keiko Agena Copy Share Image
What we men share is the experience of having been raised by women in a culture that stopped our fathers from being… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
There are 64 divine mother impulses which govern the subtle creation. These are responsible for restoring all earthly and spiritual benefits. They… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
