...these were the kind of idiotic words her parents spoke…

What kind of an idiotic question is that?

— Stephenie Meyer

“I wait for him to say the words, I'm done pretending.”

— Krista Ritchie

An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All…

— Sonia Sotomayor

My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible…

— Amy Bloom

“We weren’t living the way we wanted because we weren’t making the choices it required. Like so many in our generation of thirtysomething parents,…

— Tsh Oxenreider

“She might be the best-dressed little girl in her elementary school class, but she was still a Greek. Her parents spoke a foreign language,…

— Suzanne Jenkins

(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

“That’s all! Now either leave us alone or join us as a father rather than a receiver of sacrifices. You have the choice of…

— Dan Simmons

“As members of the Church, there are things you cannot do. For one, you cannot take a Las Vegas-style vacation. I do not know…

— William Grant Bangerter

Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.

— Anonymous

“Conception is the beginning of human life. From the time that an ovum is fertilized a new life begins that is neither that of…

— Declaration on Procured Abortion Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 1974

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job…

— Taylor Hanson

“William didn't look like he'd be difficult about anything - he was thin and sandy-haired and already wore eyeglasses like his father. Most of…

— Patricia C. Wrede

Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…

— Teddy Atlas

My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw…

— Elizabeth Taylor