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> [My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/my-parents-have-been-dead-for-many-years-and-when-your-folks-are-gone/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

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## More by Tony Parsons

> [“Then they lay there in silence for a while, listening to the rain, watching it come straight down, feeling it cool their sweating faces.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/then-they-lay-there-in-silence-for-a-while-listening-to-the-rain/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [When you are a journalist in the music business, as I was, you end up dying or going to the gym - I chose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/when-you-are-a-journalist-in-the-music-business-as-i-was-you-end-up/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [“Rouz je bila na mojoj strani onako kako niko nikada nije bio na mojoj strani. Rouz je bila dobrovoljac. Bilo joj je stalo do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/rouz-je-bila-na-mojoj-strani-onako-kako-niko-nikada-nije-bio-na-mojoj/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [When you have a kid, money matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/when-you-have-a-kid-money-matters/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [“Sometimes I think that love is a case of mistaken identity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/sometimes-i-think-that-love-is-a-case-of-mistaken-identity/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [The thing I care about is my weight - I'm as fanatical about it as a member of Girls Aloud. I weigh myself every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/the-thing-i-care-about-is-my-weight-i-m-as-fanatical-about-it-as-a/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [“And it felt like every time I turned around, somebody was either dying or walking out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/and-it-felt-like-every-time-i-turned-around-somebody-was-either-dying/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/the-most-convincing-argument-against-early-parenthood-is-that-you-are/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [to love means to realize there is a time to let the beloved one go](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/to-love-means-to-realize-there-is-a-time-to-let-the-beloved-one-go/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [And so we stayed out in the garden of the old house until we couldn't kick a ball, laughing in the gathering twilight, making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/and-so-we-stayed-out-in-the-garden-of-the-old-house-until-we-couldn-t/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [“I'm not saying it's what I would have wanted. But don't you see? We fuck up our lives again and again and it's always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/i-m-not-saying-it-s-what-i-would-have-wanted-but-don-t-you-see-we/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [“If you are always craving, always wanting, never satisfied, never happy with what you've got, you end up even more lost and lonely than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/if-you-are-always-craving-always-wanting-never-satisfied-never-happy/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/largely-this-is-a-class-thing-writers-tend-to-be-cosseted-little/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/sometimes-we-are-only-aware-of-how-happy-we-are-when-the-moment-has/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

> [It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if Mother Nature was giving me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/it-felt-natural-that-is-what-i-remember-most-about-becoming-a-father/)

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