It just so happens that my father spoke through his music…

“She just happens to be my father, young man, and I'd appreciate it of you'd show her a little respect.”

— David Sedaris

He happens to be my father and an incredible musician. When he gets lucky, we let him into the studio for 20 minutes to…

— Synyster Gates

“Madeline (said the Countess in a solemn voice), in my concern for your father, I spoke unguardedly; and I already repent having done so…

— Regina Maria Roche

“One of the most terrible moments in a boy’s life,” Paul said, “is when he discovers his father and mother are human beings who…

— Frank Herbert

“I’m not,” Ben said. “I’m careful. There’s a difference.” “Of course,” my father said. “I’d never—” “Save it for the paying customers, Arl,” Ben…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I guess early on in my Christian walk, you know, people said to me, "Never question God" you know? But actually I just found…

— Darlene Zschech

“Finally, her father spoke. “Are you sure? I mean, I don’t understand how this could have happened. She’s only fifteen; I didn’t even know…

— Tracy L. Darity

“It was as if, when her father spoke, her mother looked at him and saw a little goldfish, popping open his mouth over and…

— Cristina Henriquez

My father spoke several languages and he had hundreds of books.

— Michele Lamy

“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.”

— Myron Uhlberg

“For many years in Cuba, nobody spoke of the problem between blacks and whites. It was considered too disagreeable to discuss. But my father…

— Cristina García

God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he…

— Nicolas Cage

My father spoke with something very similar to a 1920s newscaster type of English, and I learnt that accent of power in post-colonial Zimbabwe.…

— Rege-Jean Page

“Like the line of love, I thought. Once crossed you can't go back. Like the line between past and future. Or maybe really the…

— Adam Berlin Belmondo Style

I was proud my father spoke Arabic fluently - his father sent him to learn Arabic from a sheikh - and we had Arab…

— A. B. Yehoshua