Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with…

“...life is one big jest at the expense of humanity.”

— Petina Gappah

“Right now, even though he'd been dead for years, she wanted to collapse in her father's big arms and hear him tell her that…

— Harlan Coben

My father has always been a big influence in my life.

— Romelu Lukaku

My father was very big on marriage.

— Sidney Poitier

My father is a big believer in nature over nurture.

— Cassandra Clare

Despite growing up in very poor circumstances, my father had big dreams.

— Vivek Murthy

I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.

— Anthony Browne

Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers?

— Laurence Sterne

If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body;--and if it is true that…

— Laurence Sterne

“What do you do when you're wound up?' she asked. 'Do you play that drum?'. 'No,' said the child. 'We used to dance.' 'But…

— Russell Hoban

“How many times are you two going to have to save me from myself before this whole drama runs its course?” asked Peter. “I…

— Orson Scott Card

“In introducing himself, he had said, "I'm the father," and the doctors had winced. Because something else must have echoed in their ears- I'm…

— Kenzaburo Oe

“We should have a funeral," he said. Pan held his hands clasped in a tent on his lap, and he bowed his head. He…

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.”

— George R.R. Martin