--- title: "1 Like Parent Quotes By Laura Kinsale" description: "1 Like Parent quotes by Laura Kinsale. Plus more from Laura Kinsale and more Like Parent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/laura-kinsale-19646_book_my-books-are-mine-and-yet-they-are-alien_2907446.jpg" --- > [“My books are mine, and yet they are alien to me--as a child belongs to a parent and yet has a life of its own. I can guide and hope and nudge my characters this and that way, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/my-books-are-mine-and-yet-they-are-alien-to-me-as-a-child-belongs-to/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/laura-kinsale-19646_book_my-books-are-mine-and-yet-they-are-alien_2907446.jpg) ## More by Laura Kinsale > [“The floorboards creaked. She felt him come close behind her, a warmth, a presence that made her stiffen with awareness. "You have remarkable character,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/the-floorboards-creaked-she-felt-him-come-close-behind-her-a-warmth-a/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“He wasn't at all what she had imagined. Tall, yes- but not plain, not dependable, not kind. Not by any stretch of fancy. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/he-wasn-t-at-all-what-she-had-imagined-tall-yes-but-not-plain-not/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“The silvery aura from the window fell across his face, lighting a translucent, pale fire in his gray eyes. She could identify no telltale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/the-silvery-aura-from-the-window-fell-across-his-face-lighting-a/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“He stood looking down at her for a moment, holding both her shoulders. Then he bent and planted a kiss full on her mouth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/he-stood-looking-down-at-her-for-a-moment-holding-both-her-shoulders/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“But I don’t arrange a very good abduction, I’m afraid. In my haste to seize you and carry you off to the ends of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/but-i-don-t-arrange-a-very-good-abduction-i-m-afraid-in-my-haste-to/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“For God’s sake. Don’t build a wall to keep me outside.” “I won’t build one,” she whispered. “I am the wall.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/for-god-s-sake-don-t-build-a-wall-to-keep-me-outside-i-won-t-build/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“You must take this. I hadn't wanted to seem forward and press it upon you without knowing you truly wished to help me. Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/you-must-take-this-i-hadn-t-wanted-to-seem-forward-and-press-it-upon/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“It had not seemed difficult, on a small income, to know what was right to do…Now, with so much, it was daily a decision:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/it-had-not-seemed-difficult-on-a-small-income-to-know-what-was-right/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“My God." He pushed away from the bedpost. "Friends! And do you fall into bed with any man who's 'dear' to you? How am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/my-god-he-pushed-away-from-the-bedpost-friends-and-do-you-fall-into/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“Love!” She threw the pillow aside and sat up, pulling the be clothes around her. “You hypocrite. ’Tis nothing to you to say that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/love-she-threw-the-pillow-aside-and-sat-up-pulling-the-be-clothes/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“Then you came and I started to feel again. I started to think there was a reason I survived, that you were my reason.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/then-you-came-and-i-started-to-feel-again-i-started-to-think-there/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“The baby closed its mouth, staring at him with hope and small hiccups. “Jesus,” he said. He lay down on the bed, pulling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/the-baby-closed-its-mouth-staring-at-him-with-hope-and-small-hiccups/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/what-a-joy-mary-jo-putney-is-to-read-she-can-t-write-fast-enough-for/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“Just—let me hold you. That’s all. Hold you and go to sleep.” He smoothed his thumbs over the back of her hands. “You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/just-let-me-hold-you-that-s-all-hold-you-and-go-to-sleep-he-smoothed/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) > [“I think,' Olympia said slowly, 'that I know you quite well.' She looked down at the deck and added in a carefully mild voice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kinsale/i-think-olympia-said-slowly-that-i-know-you-quite-well-she-looked/) [Laura Kinsale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kinsale/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-parent/laura-kinsale/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Parent Quotes By Laura Kinsale", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My books are mine, and yet they are alien to me--as a child belongs to a parent and yet has a life of its own. I can guide and hope and nudge my characters this and that way, but in the end, they become what they become. I don't always like what they become myself, but like a parent, there are times when I just don't know what to do about it. 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