Dad Quote by Aaron Hartzler

“Yes, dear Father. But has it ever occurred to you that by controlling [your feelings] you destroy them? How many times can we say…

— John le Carré

“One reason I didn’t hold any grudges or harsh feelings toward Dad must have been that my mother seldom blamed him—at least not to…

— Ben Carson M.D

“I reached up to press a kiss to his cheek. "Do not be too angry with Father. He did not mean it not really."…

— Deanna Raybourn

“He treats the person as if they were fully whole. We become what others expect us to be. Dad expected me to get better…

— Nathan Foster

“If your dad doesn’t make it,” I begin and his expression falls, “let yourself cry, OK? One of the worst feelings in the world…

— J.A. Redmerski

“Your dad always told me I deserved better and I do. No one gets to treat me like a piece of shit and then…

— Holly Martin

“(Dad) could not abide us feeling sorry for ourselves. Life was far too good for us to whine about small things. It was selfish,…

— Jean Kennedy Smith

“Forgive me, Father, but I'm still screwed up.”

— Lani Diane Rich

“For the first time in some years, I didn't care what Father said to me, even though I knew that by the end of…

— M.L. LeGette

“what if he was like his father, with that threatening kind of anger, the kind that was always simmering, the kind that could boil…

— Sara Pennypacker

“...my father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but…

— Gillian Flynn

“At home, my mother had known how to suffocate my dad's anger by growing silent, a low, unwavering flame of contempt that sucked all…

— Donna Tartt