There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
“The reality is that most of us communicate the same way that we grew up. That communication style becomes our normal way… — Kristen Crockett Copy Share Image
I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world,… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I think that if you are a very conservative Christian parent, and your kid deviates from what is so important to you,… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
The thing that's really kept me on my toes is how my mom would always tell me - it's not the best… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
“When (The World According To) Garp was published, people who’d lost children wrote to me. ‘’I lost one, too,’’ they told me.… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Two of the vital pillars that sustain Father in Heaven’s plan of happiness are marriage and the family. Their lofty significance is… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“Josey?” She heard her mother’s voice in the hall, then the thud of her cane as she came closer. “Please don’t tell… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He's great. As he brought up me and… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
“In another life, another timeline, he would have cared as a son does for his mother. If she’d been born different. But… — V. Theia Copy Share Image
“Child think mother is my protector who save me from all bad , but what is , if mother herself throw child… — Mohammed Zaki Ansari Copy Share Image
“This river is famed in atrocious song and verse; the most prevalent motif is one which attempts to make of the river… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
Some parents struggle to put food on the table. And plenty of women aren't getting the pay they deserve. While I don't… — Chrissy Teigen Copy Share Image
“I was thinking that if it really was my fault, if every reaction could be traced to an action before, then at… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
I'm an only child and grew up in a bad neighborhood. My parents weren't well-off, but they would save up to get… — Roy Hibbert Copy Share Image
I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere.… — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
The obsession with food filled my childhood - that's what happens when your parents are from a place or time where people… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
“Now with this revelation, there comes to me a new sense of the divine overruling Power that shapes our lives. Do you… — Pansy Copy Share Image
“Mr. and Mrs. Foster are not my foster parents. Also, they’re not even married to each other. Mr. Foster is married to… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My mother always accused me of being in love with the sound of my own voice. When we went on road trips,… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
The bonds that women share around the world, wherever we come from, they're very powerful and they have an ease of communication… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Oh, no said her mother sadly. You know nothing of the pettiness of women. When brothers agree to split a joint family… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I was very aware of the fact that I was a young designer, and I didn't want to fall into the trap… — Emilia Wickstead Copy Share Image
“That night she admitted her compulsion to escape. She was worried that if my father drowned, or I disappeared, she would be… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
“We grow up in a belief system according to which children should always make their parents proud and happy (instead of making… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
“She talks to herself as she hollows out a stoneware bowl. She is saying something about containment. She talks to her dogs… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
“More than anyone in that room, I was aware of exactly the sort of person who did such a thing. What I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I advocate for fatherhood because of the trauma I experienced as a father. When I separated from my daughters mother, she literally… — Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr Copy Share Image
Among many of my friends and acquaintances, I seem to be one of the very few individuals who felt or feels no… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Pardon me, but my father says that it is a lie that Americans have everything. You have no sheep, no goats, no… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of the weak morphine pills… — Polly Toynbee Copy Share Image
If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Our deal's over," said Charlie. "I brought your feather. I want my brother. You took him. I want him back. Anansi's bloodline… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Billy covered his head with his blanket again. He always covered his head when his mother came to see him in the… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“When you father dies! What then?" Lord Needham looked up from his pheasant. "I beg your pardon?" Lady Needham waved one hand… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
