“..the expectations of Republican Motherhood – in which women’s obligations were the instilling of civic virtue in offspring and the moral maintenance… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
No one really understood music unless he was a scientist, her father had declared, and not just a scientist, either, oh, no,… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I went to live with my grandparents when my parents threw me out. Then I went to prison at the age of… — Bez Copy Share Image
“It was my jewelry!” Briar shouted after his father because he’d forgotten to ask what was stolen.” — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“Darling found that permissive parents don’t actually learn more about their child’s lives. “Kids who go wild and get in trouble mostly… — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
When it comes to love, maturity often gets a bad rap - second love is boring; it's practical. It's what our parents… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
“In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“... it was the smidgen of sadness that, at least for me, always accompanies happiness. The disquieting underbelly of loss that comes… — Susanna Daniel Copy Share Image
“It's a fool who thinks that having a kid is a right, which is the biggest crock of fishheads I’ve ever heard.… — Carew Papritz Copy Share Image
“(My parents) had always instilled in me that it was way cooler to be an individual and to be unique and that… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
THE FATHER: But don't you see that the whole trouble lies here? In words, words. Each one of us has within him… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
My mother Edna was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2004, and for the next four years I looked after her at home… — Angela Rippon Copy Share Image
My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
When she became very ill with heart trouble, I saw that it would be impossible for my parents to provide for my… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
“Dads. Do you not realize that your child needs to feel your skin on his? Do you not realize the incredible and… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
Remember that that "rude awakening" which your parents and well-meaning relatives threatened you with as a kid is better than no awakening… — Perry Brass Copy Share Image
My father's very public life as Famous Amos was the opposite of that of his ex-wife, my mother Shirley, who was fighting… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
