--- title: "11 Father-daughter-relationship Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Father-daughter-relationship quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Father-daughter-relationship sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/trish-kaye-lleone-40622_anger_and-we-cried-for-the-years-we-have-lost_660176.jpg" --- > [“And we cried for the years we have lost to hate, bitterness and self-destruction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trish-kaye-lleone/and-we-cried-for-the-years-we-have-lost-to-hate-bitterness-and-self/) [Trish Kaye Lleone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trish-kaye-lleone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/trish-kaye-lleone-40622_anger_and-we-cried-for-the-years-we-have-lost_660176.jpg) > [“For a father, a daughter is the most blissful and loving person on earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debasish-mridha/for-a-father-a-daughter-is-the-most-blissful-and-loving-person-on/) [Debasish Mridha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debasish-mridha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/debasish-mridha-589_children_for-a-father-a-daughter-is-the-most-blis_1018830.jpg) > [“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/he-wipes-tears-off-my-face-and-then-snot-he-uses-his-hands-he-loves/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/nina-lacour-2768_best-friend_he-wipes-tears-off-my-face-and-then-snot_858240.jpg) > [“Oh, daddy, by what witchcraft have you coaxed that sulky rose-bush into bloom?' 'No witchcraft at all - it just bloomed because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-m-montgomery/oh-daddy-by-what-witchcraft-have-you-coaxed-that-sulky-rose-bush-into/) [L.M. Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-m-montgomery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/l-m-montgomery-567_coming-home_oh-daddy-by-what-witchcraft-have-you-coa_2459285.jpg) > [“Ódinn couldn't tear his gaze from the small featured face, the red cheeks and delicate lips that she pursed shut as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yrsa-sigur-ard-ttir/dinn-couldn-t-tear-his-gaze-from-the-small-featured-face-the-red/) [Yrsa Sigurðardóttir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yrsa-sigur-ard-ttir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/yrsa-sigur-ard-ttir-50599_family-love_dinn-couldn-t-tear-his-gaze-from-the-sma_2620402.jpg) > [“I put my hand on a bishop, my would be assassin, and thought of my father's heights when he won, how he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rion-amilcar-scott/i-put-my-hand-on-a-bishop-my-would-be-assassin-and-thought-of-my/) [Rion Amilcar Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rion-amilcar-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/rion-amilcar-scott-51533_bishop_i-put-my-hand-on-a-bishop-my-would-be-as_2321189.jpg) > [“I love you, Papa," I said. "And I love you," my father replied. "I have loved you every day of your life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cameron-dokey/i-love-you-papa-i-said-and-i-love-you-my-father-replied-i-have-loved/) [Cameron Dokey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cameron-dokey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/cameron-dokey-9476_every-day_i-love-you-papa-i-said-and-i-love-you-my_472714.png) > [“Sexually active? Sexually active ? Patrick and I hadn't even learned the fine points of kissing yet! I marched on down. 'For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/sexually-active-sexually-active-patrick-and-i-hadn-t-even-learned-the/) [Phyllis Reynolds Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/phyllis-reynolds-naylor-14751_attitude_sexually-active-sexually-active-patrick_91220.jpg) > [“Helen slowly became aware of an unnerving red light. She lifted her head and looked around. The glow bounced off the cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-l-talmadge/helen-slowly-became-aware-of-an-unnerving-red-light-she-lifted-her/) [Candace L. Talmadge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-l-talmadge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/candace-l-talmadge-56368_adventure-fiction_helen-slowly-became-aware-of-an-unnervin_2951555.jpg) > [“Those who are close to us, when they die, divide our world. There is the world of the living, which we finally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/those-who-are-close-to-us-when-they-die-divide-our-world-there-is-the/) [Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/azar-nafisi-2001_course-of-life_those-who-are-close-to-us-when-they-die_620988.jpg) > [“She stared up at him, and her eyes were so large they looked like blue mint candies. 'I get to stay?' 'You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-elizabeth-phillips/she-stared-up-at-him-and-her-eyes-were-so-large-they-looked-like-blue/) [Susan Elizabeth Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-elizabeth-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/susan-elizabeth-phillips-815_daughter_she-stared-up-at-him-and-her-eyes-were-s_2534400.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-daughter-relationship/#itemlist", "name": "Father-daughter-relationship Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And we cried for the years we have lost to hate, bitterness and self-destruction.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Trish Kaye Lleone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trish-kaye-lleone/and-we-cried-for-the-years-we-have-lost-to-hate-bitterness-and-self/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/trish-kaye-lleone-40622_anger_and-we-cried-for-the-years-we-have-lost_660176.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/trish-kaye-lleone-40622_anger_and-we-cried-for-the-years-we-have-lost_660176.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/trish-kaye-lleone-40622_anger_and-we-cried-for-the-years-we-have-lost_660176.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And we cried for the years we have lost to hate, bitterness and self-destruction.” — Trish Kaye Lleone", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For a father, a daughter is the most blissful and loving person on earth.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Debasish Mridha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debasish-mridha/for-a-father-a-daughter-is-the-most-blissful-and-loving-person-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/debasish-mridha-589_children_for-a-father-a-daughter-is-the-most-blis_1018830.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/debasish-mridha-589_children_for-a-father-a-daughter-is-the-most-blis_1018830.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/debasish-mridha-589_children_for-a-father-a-daughter-is-the-most-blis_1018830.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For a father, a daughter is the most blissful and loving person on earth.” — Debasish Mridha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. 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Talmadge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Those who are close to us, when they die, divide our world. There is the world of the living, which we finally, in one way or another, succumb to, and then there is the domain of the dead that, like an imaginary friend (or foe) or a secret concubine, constantly beckons, reminding us of our loss. What is memory but a ghost that lurks at the corners of the mind, interrupting our normal course of life, disrupting our sleep in order to remind us of some acute pain or pleasure, something silenced or ignored? We miss not only their presence, or how they felt about us, but ultimately how they allowed us to feel about ourselves or them. 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