True love in Mexico isn't between lovers; it's between a parent and a child. Mexico is a very intense culture of sons… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
In a way, my father [Pablo Escobar] reached a certain degree of sincerity that I became to know and I would even… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
“You know," my father said sprinkling nutmeg on his brandy Alexander, "if you sniff too much nutmeg, you could die." "You can… — Alison Espach Copy Share Image
My parents were always playing records: My mom was really into the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac, and my dad was more Billy… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
When the mother herself kills her son she goes against her own nature, against her own instinct. People talk about 'choice', but… — Jim Caviezel Copy Share Image
When you're interviewing someone, even your mother - you have to sort of deal with you have to get some objective space… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“We think our job as humans is to avoid pain, our job as parents is to protect our children from pain, and… — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
“Are you super strong? Can you be hurt?" "Of course I can," replied Dimitri. "I'm strong, but all sorts of things can… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I'll never forget when I was running, when I was knocking on doors for my first office as I served as a… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
My family tried to educate me in the way they thought a young woman should be. But I wanted to learn about… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I had a job to take care of my parents, to take care of some bills at the house, because my daddy… — Jason Pierre-Paul Copy Share Image
“In our Heavenly Father’s great priesthood-endowed plan, men have the unique responsibility to administer the priesthood, but they are not the priesthood.… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
“Winter was every kid’s favorite season in Kabul, at least those whose fathers could afford to buy a good iron stove. The… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“I knew by then that I would never have my mother back, not in the way I had known her all my… — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated.Children come back from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
My mom's father came from a family of 11 children who came over from the island of Ischia, Italy, and settled in… — Joanna Going Copy Share Image
“I mean,” her mother paused to choose her words, “maybe you’ll get involved in some school related activities, or join a team,… — Aaron Crabill Copy Share Image
“As God is merciful, so you also be merciful. As he loves and cares for all His creatures and His children and… — Pirkei Avot Copy Share Image
The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely… — John Engler Copy Share Image
The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
God made and governs the world invisibly, and has commanded us to love and worship him and no other God; to honor… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
It's a tough business. To my parents or to their friends, I was not a success, but to me I was a… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
When I finally began to publish, my father never read my work. He'd say, 'Oh, that's your mother's sort of thing.' But… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my… — Andy Gibb Copy Share Image
“In postrevolutionary Alexandria, the country’s second city, located on the Mediterranean coast, the security situation was even more dire than in Cairo.… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
It was a unique childhood, to say the least. My father was born in Patiala to refugee parents and was a part… — Kapil Sharma Copy Share Image
“Hershel Blau, son of the Chasidic wandering preacher, was not yet so distant from his father's world that he didn't know deep… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
My parents were not musical, but my mom just really wanted my brother and I to learn music as well as practice… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the… — Jane Brody Copy Share Image
He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression... I… — Ronan Farrow Copy Share Image
Well, when Eleanor Roosevelt's mother dies, she goes to live with her Grandmother Hall. And her Grandmother Hall is in mourning. She's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
When my children wake up in the morning they know they will eat breakfast, get hugs from their parents, go to a… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“Only two hours earlier she was telling me how great I was because I could cook eggs. Now my egg-making means I'm… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a typical farm-family mother. She would regularly prepare dinner for thirty people, and that meant something was always cooking… — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
“But I enjoyed the feeling of wind in my hair, and I knew my father liked to see it blow straight out… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
“…of a child dying an agonizing death from diphtheria, of a young mother ravaged by cancer, of tens of thousands of Asians… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, some parents simply don't love their children. Probably they don't even love themselves. That may be the heart of their problem.… — David Viscott Copy Share Image
My parents were hippies, and the story is that they went through a dictionary looking for a beautiful word to name me.… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
When [my father] reached his majority, he was the head of the family. Everybody depended upon him. He went into a very… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image