“My parents mean well," Grace said. "They want me to succeed." "Well of course," Mallory said. "They love you. But I'm thinking… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
“And conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it;… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“O crowned by God with thorns and pain! Mother of Christ! O mystic wife! my heart is weary of this life And… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
“Old Father Timothy offers this advice to his younger readers, included for free in the price of this memoir: conduct your life… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I believe I met a girl in the rain, who had lost her mother's earrings. And I killed her. Now I stand… — Rebecca Maizel Copy Share Image
My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
“This man was a rogue, not because circumstances forced him to be a criminal but because he was born that way. He… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
“In the heat of an argument, my mother once told me, "Someday you can go to a therapist and tell him all… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry you don't like coming back here," her mother often said, to cap whatever petty dust-up they'd had. How could Emily… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
“How much do you know about each other?” was Father Johnson’s final question of the day. Marlboro Man and I looked at… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
I've never written for anybody else. For me, it was a challenge. I write for me. I don't write for anybody else.… — Teddy Pendergrass Copy Share Image
The place you have to start to be any good at this, at acting, is with yourself. Everything is inside of you,… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
“Well, when I was five, I wanted my mother to let me go around and around inside a dryer with the clothes,”… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
My father probably thought the capital of the world was wherever he was at the time. It couldn't possibly be anyplace else.… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“I’ve alway been struck by how little adults understand children, even their own fathers and mothers. Nothing should be kept from children… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Heavenly Father, thank You so much for Your grace. Your forgiveness is SO good that I struggle with believing it at times.… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“In fact, all three are so readily respectful and nice to my mother that I feel bad about how I go around… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“At night, when he is sure his father is sleeping, he sticks the phonograph needle in a rubber eraser and holds the… — Lydia Peelle Copy Share Image
“The Kodiak of Atlanta was brave and powerful and the closest thing to a father Curran had. He also had an uncanny… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“There was the sink incident - which I may have overreacted to because it reminded me of a memory I had of… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon… — Hafez Copy Share Image
I knew Quintessentially was a success when my father, who does a lot of business in Beirut, introduced himself to somebody and… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard, unfamiliar things, there is here - hope. In… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“If we are not more perfect in our lives, if we are not more righteous than those who are not of our… — George Albert Smith Copy Share Image
A parentologist is a person who writes a book about parenting that is very clear about answers to, 'How am I supposed… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
“The definition of lawlessness is Man’s rebellion against his fundamental purpose at creation for relationship and responsibility (i.e., his relationship to God,… — L. Emerson Ferrell Copy Share Image
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“Her father loved rain. His strength came from the second season, and he knew how to draw from water. Rain held the… — India Drummond Copy Share Image
I used to go with my father to buy phooljharis and chakris and there used to be Sabu' crackers in the market… — Mohit Raina Copy Share Image
“Dedicated to the memory of MY FATHER. For if I had not believed that he would have wished me to give such… — Leonard Darwin Copy Share Image
“I wonder if we're giving our children the chance to really perform, if we're giving them and ourselves enough credit, as we… — Muffy Mead-Ferro Copy Share Image
The Love Dare for Parents really came from an ongoing response from people who went through the couple's book asking us to… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“Our children forever changed our relationships with our mothers. Pity replaced the mild contempt with which we had previously regarded them, and… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
“I remember the story of a distraught father who was deeply grieved by the death of his son. He went to see… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
My name is Adam. My father's name is Adam. Having the same name as your father, it's alright until your voice changes.… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
