--- title: "4 Daddy Quotes By Karen Marie Moning" description: "4 Daddy quotes by Karen Marie Moning. Plus more from Karen Marie Moning and more Daddy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/karen-marie-moning-189_changed_daddy-looked-at-her-hard-and-right-befor_2195302.png" --- > [Daddy looked at her hard, and right before my eyes, he changed. I watched him inflate again, shake off his own emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/daddy-looked-at-her-hard-and-right-before-my-eyes-he-changed-i/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/karen-marie-moning-189_changed_daddy-looked-at-her-hard-and-right-befor_2195302.png) > [“As she watched, he examined the can intently, read the ingredients, then returned it to the shelf and chose another, repeating his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/as-she-watched-he-examined-the-can-intently-read-the-ingredients-then/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/karen-marie-moning-189_cian_as-she-watched-he-examined-the-can-inten_2312635.jpg) > [Although love could grow in times of peace, it tempered in battle. Daddy told me once - when I'd said something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/although-love-could-grow-in-times-of-peace-it-tempered-in-battle/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/karen-marie-moning-189_battle_although-love-could-grow-in-times-of-pea_2652787.png) > [I'd gazed into the abyss and the abyss had gazed back, just like Daddy always said it would: You want to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-d-gazed-into-the-abyss-and-the-abyss-had-gazed-back-just-like-daddy/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/karen-marie-moning-189_abyss_i-d-gazed-into-the-abyss-and-the-abyss-h_2699085.jpg) ## Other authors on Daddy ## More by Karen Marie Moning > [“I can either be a victim—or a winner. Fuck victimhood. I don’t wear it well; it clashes with my wardrobe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-can-either-be-a-victim-or-a-winner-fuck-victimhood-i-don-t-wear-it/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/ancient-eyes-had-stared-at-me-filled-with-ancient-grief-and-something/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Some things are sacred. Until you act like they're not. Then you lose them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/some-things-are-sacred-until-you-act-like-they-re-not-then-you-lose/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Who would ever understand me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/who-would-ever-understand-me/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Sometimes, Ms. Lane," he said, "one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/sometimes-ms-lane-he-said-one-must-break-with-one-s-past-to-embrace/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“I think I’m under control, that I’ve stripped away all weaknesses. That committing to my mission has made me impervious. I’m wrong. The thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-think-i-m-under-control-that-i-ve-stripped-away-all-weaknesses-that/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Desire makes life happen. Makes it matter. Makes everything worth it. Desire is life. Hunger to see the next sunrise or sunset, to touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/desire-makes-life-happen-makes-it-matter-makes-everything-worth-it/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“Finally, someone had seen him. And what had he done? Let her get away. Undermined by his disgusting human anatomy. It had just been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/finally-someone-had-seen-him-and-what-had-he-done-let-her-get-away/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“Our sex is fierce. We will both be bruised. "I want it to always be like this," I tell him. "Try holding onto that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/our-sex-is-fierce-we-will-both-be-bruised-i-want-it-to-always-be-like/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Keep hoping to see the light in her eyes. Even knowing it'll mean she's saying good-bye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/keep-hoping-to-see-the-light-in-her-eyes-even-knowing-it-ll-mean-she/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Strength wasn‘t about being able to do everything alone. Strength was knowing when to ask for help and not being too proud to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/strength-wasn-t-about-being-able-to-do-everything-alone-strength-was/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“He swapped the fistful of my shirt for one in my hair, and ground his mouth against mine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/he-swapped-the-fistful-of-my-shirt-for-one-in-my-hair-and-ground-his/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [He’s so beautiful,” she said wistfully. “He’s like an angel.” “Yep,” I agreed flatly. “The one that fell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/he-s-so-beautiful-she-said-wistfully-he-s-like-an-angel-yep-i-agreed/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [And when he did that, my hands curled into fists because I thought about touching his face like maybe I could catch joy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/and-when-he-did-that-my-hands-curled-into-fists-because-i-thought/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“Flattered as I am that you count me among the beautiful people, Barrons, allow me to point out that I’m still alive. I encountered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/flattered-as-i-am-that-you-count-me-among-the-beautiful-people/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daddy/karen-marie-moning/#itemlist", "name": "4 Daddy Quotes By Karen Marie Moning", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Daddy looked at her hard, and right before my eyes, he changed. I watched him inflate again, shake off his own emotions and puff himself up for her. Become her man. Her rock. I smiled. I loved him so much. He'd dragged mom kicking and screaming from grief once before and I knew I could rest easy that he would never let grief steal her from him again. 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