“Peri felt the energy in her father's hand ebb; his fingers grew light and bloodless, the hand of a cadaver waiting to… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“As his children, we were treated as some species of migrant workers who happened to be passing through. My father was the… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. We… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Cameron paused a moment before she continued. “As me dear father used to say, we can easily forgive a child who is… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Growing up, his parents had written off his dreams as simply an effect of his reading too many novels, disappearing for hours… — V.E. Schwab Copy Share Image
“Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to [God] the Father except through me.”… — David Platt Copy Share Image
The birth of a child is in many ways the end of a marriage - marriage including a child has to be… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
The question of a valid parental-child relationship is at the center of how the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
My parents never let me spend money. I didn't even have an allowance! But in high school, my friend had a credit… — Amanda Bynes Copy Share Image
So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and… — John Irving Copy Share Image
We live in a crazy time, and parents are very worried about their children's futures. They're getting all kinds of messages about… — Roberta Michnick Golinkoff Copy Share Image
An adolescent does not rebel against her parents. She rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
“I am Wrath. I had neither father nor mother: I leaped out of a lion's mouth when I was scarce half an… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
“Parents like Jennifer, Susan, and Rae express desires that are quite modest. Full-time hours come first. That is a prize that can… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
My father looked like he was having a stroke— not that Mel seemed to notice because he just kept talking. “Patrick needs… — Elizabeth Scott Copy Share Image
My parents support and trust me a lot. They know I would never do anything that will be wrong for me and… — Vaani Kapoor Copy Share Image
I bought a racehorse, Tropical Saint, that belonged to the Queen Mother. I used to go down to Banbury and watch him… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
“My mother came into the kitchen. “Whose car is that parked in front of our house?” “That’s Stephanie’s new car,” Grandma said.… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
All the children in the world, when they go to school, have the right to study in their mother tongue. But we… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
It was quite unusual to use the recorder as a concert instrument. But my mother, a pianist, actually helped me a lot… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
~You know how parents rattle on to you about, 'Oh, you won't believe your life will never be the same,' and you… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
“ You fell asleep right when she was about to find out her mother’s secret. How dare you. I’ll be back tomorrow… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Women's childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of age or status, women who seem clearest… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
The worst thing my grandfather did, starting from very early on, was just not accept my father for who he is. As… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
My mother became a believer, and then I became a believer. But when I was 43 years old, I began to think… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“Are you okay, Maggie?” Logan asked, rousing me out of my mind-numbing speculations. Heaving a big sigh, I turned to him and… — Sharon Ricklin Jones Copy Share Image
It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
“Mother Nature is a serial killer.No ones better. More creative. Like all serial killers, she can't help but the urge to get… — Character from World War Z Andrew Fassbauch Copy Share Image
“With her death and the remarriage of my father, the children scattered. I was turned loose—freed, in a sense: free but also… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
That happens a lot when people become parents, too. There's just so much at stake suddenly, and you're also witness to the… — Mason Jennings Copy Share Image
“I was close enough to my father to see that he’d heard the exchange. For a moment, I wondered if he’d silence… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
“I was born in 1927, the only child of middle-class parents, both English, and themselves born in the grotesquely elongated shadow, which… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
I tend to believe, when you're in a relationship, if you don't fight, it's not a real relationship. You have to have… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
“...Teachings are given to different men under different circumstances and in different times... [but] ...the Lord is the same yesterday, today and… — Chris Heimerdinger Copy Share Image
My mother was a sociologist and an intellectual, and my father was an industrialist with a business in copper and aluminum wire.… — Carmen Busquets Copy Share Image
On the basis of the eternal will of God we have to think of EVERY HUMAN BEING, even the oddest, most villainous… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“I don't tell you this story today in order to encourage all of you in the class of '04 to find careers… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“But I am, Tony! I am!” she snapped as she stomped away while simultaneously lighting a Marlboro. Ardina walked to the pool… — C. B. Blaha Copy Share Image
“florens would sigh then, her head on lina's shoulder and when sleep came the little girl's smiel lingered. mother hunger – to… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image