“Children lose contact with their parents, and vice versa, when there is no present living moment in the family. You change careers,… — Patsy Rodenburg Copy Share Image
Heavenly Father, we come before you our Lord, to ask you to give us faith to get through, our daily struggles in… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
Mother's Day is a torment if your mother is dead. Valentine's Day is a torment if you don't got one. And at… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Here's what I hadn't realized: the mother you haven't seen for almost thirty-six years isn't your mother, she's a stranger. Sharing DNA… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“One generation's pleasure became a burden for another. Hence, entire collections from father to son were sold for a song, and the… — Murzban F. Shroff Copy Share Image
When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options:… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
(To Lucrezia Borgia) Do people say that I am both your father and your lover? Let the world, that heap of vermin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“And in the cool evenings after his mother had gone to bed, he learned to play a friendly game of cards, bluffing… — Victoria Wilcox Copy Share Image
“Then when is?" she cried. "It's my friend who's been taken." "And he wouldn't have been if you were a proper vampire,"… — Isobelle Cate Copy Share Image
“In church she had prayed for contentment. She was thirty, with no husband in sight. A good job, an aging father, a… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Amy Carmichael's mother taught her to ask anything of God, for He promises to hear and answer. So three-year-old Amy knelt at… — Richard M. Hannula Copy Share Image
My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents always told me, 'while you're out there you always have to have fun with it. You can't play… — Ja Morant Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be ordinary," I mumbled. My mother looked up. "What ordinary, Charley?" "You know. Someone you forget." From the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
My two sisters and I had a very nice nanny at home in Morocco until I was 13. I remember my parents… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
For this my mother wrapped me warm, And called me home against the storm, And coaxed my infant nights to quiet, And… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“Starke entered his house a detective, slipped off his shoes and became a husband and father. It was five in the morning.… — Aaron Dries Copy Share Image
“(b) Boundary Violation. This involves children witnessing parents in sexual behavior. They may walk in on it because parents don’t provide closed… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor.… — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
A mist. A great mist. It covered the entire kingdom. And everyone in it - the good people and the not so… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
My story is similar to every ordinary Indian boy's tale. My father wanted me to become an engineer or a professional but… — Abhishek Banerjee Copy Share Image
Christianity only hopes. It has hung its harp on the willows, and cannot sing a song in a strange land. It has… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I know few Christians so convinced of the splendor of the rooms in their Father's house, as to be happier when their… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I have never considered myself a writer in exile because I grew up outside of my own country, because my father was… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“Stirling, Scotland, October 1619 "Kristina, wake up and ready yourself for a journey!" In her bedchamber, Kristina MacQueen jolted awake. Had she… — Vonda Sinclair Copy Share Image
Television was restricted by my parents. They encouraged reading more than anything. It wasn't done in a let's-get-educated kind of way, it… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over… — Cathy Freeman Copy Share Image
I have many memories of waking up to eat breakfast that my mother carefully prepared for us and her saying, what do… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
Isn't it our job to be appalled by our parents? Isn't it every generation's duty to be dismayed by the previous generation?… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
We come from fallible parents who were kids once, who decided to have kids and who had to learn how to be… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
There are no different categories of love. There isn't one kind of love between a mother and child, another between lovers, and… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Whenever I hear a kid complain about their parents or even their siblings, I want to shake them. They don't realize what… — Deb Hanrahan Copy Share Image
If you are a single parent, make friends with others in similar situations and develop friendships with married couples. Counsel with your… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“What did you learn, Little Father?” Cheobawn asked, catching her breath. The boy scowled at her. “It was not a fair fight.… — J.D. Lakey Copy Share Image
My family was very engaged in the world around us. My father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister and an immigrant from… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
“Forty-five minutes later, Benedict was slouching in his chair, his eyes glazed. Every now and then he had to stop and make… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I ever showed my parents a song that I had written. The content may have been a… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
