--- title: "10 Maybe Parents Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Maybe Parents quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Maybe Parents sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/benjamin-clementine-5044_family_i-got-into-a-lot-of-trouble-maybe-that-s_2232933.jpg" --- > [I got into a lot of trouble. Maybe that's why my parents didn't really like me and I didn't blend in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-clementine/i-got-into-a-lot-of-trouble-maybe-that-s-why-my-parents-didn-t-really/) [Benjamin Clementine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-clementine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/benjamin-clementine-5044_family_i-got-into-a-lot-of-trouble-maybe-that-s_2232933.jpg) > [“Maybe my parents had it right, and all kids need is love, fresh air and a bit of healthy neglect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-cleeves/maybe-my-parents-had-it-right-and-all-kids-need-is-love-fresh-air-and/) [Ann Cleeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-cleeves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/ann-cleeves-39255_fresh-air_maybe-my-parents-had-it-right-and-all-ki_1633194.jpg) > [I think it's just having grown up around all that, it inspires you to excel in the sport that maybe your parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-mckeon/i-think-it-s-just-having-grown-up-around-all-that-it-inspires-you-to/) [Emma McKeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-mckeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/emma-mckeon-16192_direction_i-think-it-s-just-having-grown-up-around_640167.jpg) > [Being able to provide for your kids in a way that maybe your parents couldn't do for you is a great feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jayson-tatum/being-able-to-provide-for-your-kids-in-a-way-that-maybe-your-parents/) [Jayson Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jayson-tatum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/jayson-tatum-8565_being_being-able-to-provide-for-your-kids-in-a_1416847.jpg) > [I look at the successful people that have, you know, high functioning autism and Asperger's, they're ones where maybe the parents were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-look-at-the-successful-people-that-have-you-know-high-functioning/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/temple-grandin-1219_age_i-look-at-the-successful-people-that-hav_2491532.png) > [Life kind of forces us to put these filters on, whether it's because someone told you you weren't good enough - excluded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-centineo/life-kind-of-forces-us-to-put-these-filters-on-whether-it-s-because/) [Noah Centineo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-centineo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/noah-centineo-6322_accident_life-kind-of-forces-us-to-put-these-filt_1698701.jpg) > [“Maybe when parents name their children they do it from the perspective of wishful thinking. Like when you go to a restaurant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-buxbaum/maybe-when-parents-name-their-children-they-do-it-from-the/) [Julie Buxbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-buxbaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/julie-buxbaum-3332_children_maybe-when-parents-name-their-children-t_1082731.jpg) > [“Oh, poor little Seth, with his poor little parents who didn't love him. You said we all want there to be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/oh-poor-little-seth-with-his-poor-little-parents-who-didn-t-love-him/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/patrick-ness-449_parenting_oh-poor-little-seth-with-his-poor-little_520802.jpg) > [“Here was an unknown quantity-a child in breeches with a blue scarf wound around his neck whose job it was to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-findley/here-was-an-unknown-quantity-a-child-in-breeches-with-a-blue-scarf/) [Timothy Findley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-findley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/timothy-findley-14605_children_here-was-an-unknown-quantity-a-child-in_1375025.jpg) > [If I had been a different sort of person, maybe less impressionable, less intense, less fearful, less utterly dependent upon the perceptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-hornbacher/if-i-had-been-a-different-sort-of-person-maybe-less-impressionable/) [Marya Hornbacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-hornbacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/marya-hornbacher-2109_chaos_if-i-had-been-a-different-sort-of-person_325651.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maybe-parents/#itemlist", "name": "Maybe Parents Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got into a lot of trouble. 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Maybe if my family had not been in utter chaos most of the time, maybe if my parents were a little better at dealing with their own lives maybe if I'd gotten help sooner, or if I'd gotten different help, maybe if I didn't so fiercely cherish my secret, or if I were not such a good liar, or were not quite so empty inside... maybe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marya Hornbacher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-hornbacher/if-i-had-been-a-different-sort-of-person-maybe-less-impressionable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/marya-hornbacher-2109_chaos_if-i-had-been-a-different-sort-of-person_325651.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/marya-hornbacher-2109_chaos_if-i-had-been-a-different-sort-of-person_325651.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/marya-hornbacher-2109_chaos_if-i-had-been-a-different-sort-of-person_325651.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I had been a different sort of person, maybe less impressionable, less intense, less fearful, less…” — Marya Hornbacher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maybe-parents/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maybe-parents/", "name": "Maybe Parents Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maybe-parents/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/benjamin-clementine-5044_family_i-got-into-a-lot-of-trouble-maybe-that-s_2232933.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 10 Maybe Parents quotes by 10 authors. 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