--- title: "10 Happened Father Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Happened Father quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Happened Father sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/stephanie-perkins-482_former-love_what-just-happened-your-father-invited-t_3005876.png" --- > [“What just happened?" "Your father invited the former love of your life in for pie." "Yeah, that's what I thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/what-just-happened-your-father-invited-the-former-love-of-your-life/) [Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/stephanie-perkins-482_former-love_what-just-happened-your-father-invited-t_3005876.png) > [The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/the-luckiest-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me-was-that-my-father-didn-t/) [James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/james-d-watson-4724_about_the-luckiest-thing-that-ever-happened-to_2848452.png) > [I sometimes wonder if I would have become a writer if what happened to my father hadn't happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-sometimes-wonder-if-i-would-have-become-a-writer-if-what-happened/) [Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/hisham-matar-4118_become_i-sometimes-wonder-if-i-would-have-becom_2893826.png) > [“This happened to your father and to you, Galway-sick to stay, longing to come up against the ends of the earth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galway-kinnell/this-happened-to-your-father-and-to-you-galway-sick-to-stay-longing/) [Galway Kinnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galway-kinnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fe/galway-kinnell-14406_nature_this-happened-to-your-father-and-to-you_459335.png) > [My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/my-father-belongs-to-the-generation-that-fought-the-war-in-the-1940s/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/haruki-murakami-21_father_my-father-belongs-to-the-generation-that_2176591.jpg) > [“And when I pray, I shall ask the Lord in heaven whatever happened to my father's ethics - or did he never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/and-when-i-pray-i-shall-ask-the-lord-in-heaven-whatever-happened-to/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/elizabeth-gilbert-131_philosophy_and-when-i-pray-i-shall-ask-the-lord-in_1736007.jpg) > [“happened in the past. “But if you ever hear about it, don’t worry,” he said, his words a little slurred by drink.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/happened-in-the-past-but-if-you-ever-hear-about-it-don-t-worry-he/) [Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich-2_time_happened-in-the-past-but-if-you-ever-hea_1760313.jpg) > [“Not to worry, Phillip,” Father O’Toole said. “I was just inquiring as to what authority they—” He stopped abruptly, jumping forward as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-delucy/not-to-worry-phillip-father-o-toole-said-i-was-just-inquiring-as-to/) [Jennifer DeLucy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-delucy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/jennifer-delucy-10678_parenting_not-to-worry-phillip-father-o-toole-said_2694411.jpg) > [“I know that what had happened with my father - his insults, his criticism, the way he made me feel that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/i-know-that-what-had-happened-with-my-father-his-insults-his/) [Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/jennifer-weiner-2358_every-man_i-know-that-what-had-happened-with-my-fa_2410653.jpg) > [“Don't blame anyone for what has happened to your father. Things have changed drastically since the days of his own youth,but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/don-t-blame-anyone-for-what-has-happened-to-your-father-things-have/) [Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/buchi-emecheta-19251_children_don-t-blame-anyone-for-what-has-happened_2305021.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happened-father/#itemlist", "name": "Happened Father Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What just happened?\" \"Your father invited the former love of your life in for pie.\" \"Yeah, that's what I thought.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephanie Perkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/what-just-happened-your-father-invited-the-former-love-of-your-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/stephanie-perkins-482_former-love_what-just-happened-your-father-invited-t_3005876.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/stephanie-perkins-482_former-love_what-just-happened-your-father-invited-t_3005876.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/stephanie-perkins-482_former-love_what-just-happened-your-father-invited-t_3005876.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What just happened?\" \"Your father invited the former love of your life in for pie.\" \"Yeah, that's what I…” — Stephanie Perkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James D. 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