--- title: "17 Loved Parents Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 17 Loved Parents quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Loved Parents sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/tony-adams-4778_different_i-loved-my-parents-to-bits-but-they-were_1054234.png" --- > [I loved my parents to bits but they were from a very different generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-adams/i-loved-my-parents-to-bits-but-they-were-from-a-very-different/) [Tony Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/tony-adams-4778_different_i-loved-my-parents-to-bits-but-they-were_1054234.png) > [I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-loved-my-parents-but-that-can-never-change-the-fact-that-my-father/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/pat-conroy-768_change_i-loved-my-parents-but-that-can-never-ch_456577.jpg) > [I loved my parents. There were never any rows. It was a sort of artistic, bohemian upbringing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vic-reeves/i-loved-my-parents-there-were-never-any-rows-it-was-a-sort-of/) [Vic Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vic-reeves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/vic-reeves-5081_any_i-loved-my-parents-there-were-never-any_2633235.png) > [“The boy loved his parents more than anything on this Earth. And so he had to kill them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-hill/the-boy-loved-his-parents-more-than-anything-on-this-earth-and-so-he/) [Mark Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/mark-hill-260237_crime-fiction_the-boy-loved-his-parents-more-than-anyt_2785458.jpg) > [Allah loved you even before your parents were able to show you kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carissa-aydaa/allah-loved-you-even-before-your-parents-were-able-to-show-you/) [Carissa Aydaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carissa-aydaa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/carissa-aydaa-11338_allah_allah-loved-you-even-before-your-parents_3082896.jpg) > [“I loved my parents and wanted to make them proud of me - but no longer at the cost of my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hawthorne/i-loved-my-parents-and-wanted-to-make-them-proud-of-me-but-no-longer/) [Rachel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-hawthorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/rachel-hawthorne-1967_father_i-loved-my-parents-and-wanted-to-make-th_2281002.jpg) > [I wish we lived in a world where all kids were loved by their parents how I was and am every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzie-velasquez/i-wish-we-lived-in-a-world-where-all-kids-were-loved-by-their-parents/) [Lizzie Velasquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizzie-velasquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/lizzie-velasquez-8913_children_i-wish-we-lived-in-a-world-where-all-kid_2641525.jpg) > [Her visits to her former hometown were infrequent and often painful. Pilgrimages fueled by the tepid oxygen of family duty, unease, guilt.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/her-visits-to-her-former-hometown-were-infrequent-and-often-painful/) [Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/joyce-carol-oates-344_coward_her-visits-to-her-former-hometown-were-i_2277970.jpg) > [I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-jones/i-don-t-think-people-who-have-children-are-acting-selfishly-or/) [Terry Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/terry-jones-16451_acting_i-don-t-think-people-who-have-children-a_2343604.jpg) > [“I wanted to tell her that I loved her, and not in the complicated way I loved our parents, but in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenna-yovanoff/i-wanted-to-tell-her-that-i-loved-her-and-not-in-the-complicated-way/) [Brenna Yovanoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenna-yovanoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/363/brenna-yovanoff-3157_love_i-wanted-to-tell-her-that-i-loved-her-an_711621.jpg) > [“He loved how much they loved each other. It was the thing he thought about when he woke up scared in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/he-loved-how-much-they-loved-each-other-it-was-the-thing-he-thought/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/rainbow-rowell-135_eleanor-and-park_he-loved-how-much-they-loved-each-other_3115765.jpg) > [My parents - my mother, particularly - were very focused on our succeeding. I loved my parents, and was very grateful to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chang-rae-lee/my-parents-my-mother-particularly-were-very-focused-on-our-succeeding/) [Chang-Rae Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chang-rae-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/chang-rae-lee-3318_disappoint_my-parents-my-mother-particularly-were-v_1331304.jpg) > [That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-hegi/that-s-the-nature-of-being-a-parent-sabine-has-discovered-you-ll-love/) [Ursula Hegi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-hegi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/ursula-hegi-24427_being-a-parent_that-s-the-nature-of-being-a-parent-sabi_2137678.png) > [His parents never talked about how they met, but when Park was younger, he used to try to imagine it. He loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/his-parents-never-talked-about-how-they-met-but-when-park-was-younger/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/rainbow-rowell-135_imagine_his-parents-never-talked-about-how-they_2111185.jpg) > [“We would also have to say goodbye to the joy of watching this next generation soak up the massive quantities of love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/we-would-also-have-to-say-goodbye-to-the-joy-of-watching-this-next/) [Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/will-schwalbe-3101_death-of-a-loved-one_we-would-also-have-to-say-goodbye-to-the_1706140.jpg) > [“He had never been in love. He had not known what it would feel like. He understood what the term meant, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/he-had-never-been-in-love-he-had-not-known-what-it-would-feel-like-he/) [Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/terry-brooks-3252_love_he-had-never-been-in-love-he-had-not-kno_1116136.jpg) > [“We would also have to say goodbye to the joy of watching this next generation soak up the massive quantities of love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/we-would-also-have-to-say-goodbye-to-the-joy-of-watching-this-next-2/) [Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/will-schwalbe-3101_brother-and-sister_we-would-also-have-to-say-goodbye-to-the_3146473.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loved-parents/#itemlist", "name": "Loved Parents Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I loved my parents to bits but they were from a very different generation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-adams/i-loved-my-parents-to-bits-but-they-were-from-a-very-different/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/tony-adams-4778_different_i-loved-my-parents-to-bits-but-they-were_1054234.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/tony-adams-4778_different_i-loved-my-parents-to-bits-but-they-were_1054234.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/tony-adams-4778_different_i-loved-my-parents-to-bits-but-they-were_1054234.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I loved my parents to bits but they were from a very different generation.” — Tony Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pat Conroy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-loved-my-parents-but-that-can-never-change-the-fact-that-my-father/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/pat-conroy-768_change_i-loved-my-parents-but-that-can-never-ch_456577.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/pat-conroy-768_change_i-loved-my-parents-but-that-can-never-ch_456577.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/pat-conroy-768_change_i-loved-my-parents-but-that-can-never-ch_456577.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.” — Pat Conroy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I loved my parents. 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