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title: "4 Father Book Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Father Book quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Father Book sayings and thoughts."
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> [“My father never put a book into my hands and never forbade a book. Instead, he let me roam and graze, making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/my-father-never-put-a-book-into-my-hands-and-never-forbade-a-book/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/diane-setterfield-1008_book_my-father-never-put-a-book-into-my-hands_800194.png)

> [My father's book is about is about a number of things, but about Houdini's rage to not be a failure like his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-meyer/my-father-s-book-is-about-is-about-a-number-of-things-but-about/)

[Nicholas Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/nicholas-meyer-16558_another-day_my-father-s-book-is-about-is-about-a-num_923645.png)

> [“I thought about what I’d just reread in my father’s book. About going out and just driving, and how you can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-thought-about-what-i-d-just-reread-in-my-father-s-book-about-going/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/anonymous-1_parenting_i-thought-about-what-i-d-just-reread-in_1709007.jpg)

> [The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/the-decision-for-me-was-whether-to-have-the-father-be-a-book-that/)

[Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/sharon-olds-8682_book_the-decision-for-me-was-whether-to-have_2970926.jpg)

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