When we mourn our parents, we mourn the parents we had as well as the ones we never had. With death, all… — Joan M. Drury Copy Share Image
Well, I think one of the big things wrong with kids these days, a lot of them don't have a family. A… — Rudy Boesch Copy Share Image
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He had the kind of face only a mother could love. If that mother was blind in one eye, and had that… — Colin Mochrie Copy Share Image
“I hope someday she meets just the right man and has babies - a whole passel of babies, more than I could… — Kristina Riggle Copy Share Image
What made me this way was watching my father go through bad employment experiences. When I was 17, and he was 65,… — Tom Golisano Copy Share Image
Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say… — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
“because God knew some fathers would neglect their responsibilities .when He created a woman He didnt use dirt again but he took… — kwanele dee nyembe Copy Share Image
Anarchism is for liberty, and neither for nor against anything else. Anarchy is the mother of co-operation, yes, just as liberty is… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
Children must be free to think in all directions irrespective of the peculiar ideas of parents who often seal their children's minds… — Brock Chisholm Copy Share Image
“He thought he would become accustomed to the idea, not yet understanding that it is useless to become accustomed to the loss… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“If I'm yelling at you, you know I love you. Because I want your chest to keep going up and down, whether… — Lisa Scottoline Copy Share Image
We get caught. How? Not by what we give but by what we expect. We get misery in return for our love:… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This is what happens when you are on the wrong side of 40. Young adults, who could be your children, are now… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
“Later Achilles would play the lyre, as Chiron and I listened. My mother's lyre. He had brought it with him. 'I wish… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
I was brought up in the same house I was born in, and I lived there until I left home as an… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they… — Jesus Copy Share Image
To my mum, I owe security in a very insecure young life. We lived in about 10 different places because of my… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors, and blemishes. But He also sees our value.… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“She went to the public school that the three youngest girls attended and in halting English told the teacher that the children… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Kit, you say your mother hasn't changed, but she has. A hundred times she's changed. It's important to know with adults, thought… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
My mother asks when I will do some theatre, and there is something about getting your 15 minute call. That is what… — Jonas Armstrong Copy Share Image
“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was… — Hana Ali Copy Share Image
“He felt the pregnant woman squeeze his hand so hard that it hurt. The word ‘Mother!’ was strangely on his lips when… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“None of this means of course that Robert E. Lee wasn't influenced by his father, or didn't inherit some of his better… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“She was meant to be his destruction…A pawn played in a perilous game between father and son…Yet, her strength was more than… — M.S. Willis Copy Share Image
I was really lucky in that my mom and dad never got caught in the act, so to speak. So my mom… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Blaire, This was my grandmother’s. My father’s mother. She came to visit me before she passed away. I have fond memories of… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
I wasn't making fun of my father in-law's religion. And even if I was so what, it's a comedy. Religion should be… — Larry David Copy Share Image
“A knock sounds on the door. “Who is it?” Matt yells, exasperated. “Your father.” “What do you want?” “Can you mow the… — Miranda Kenneally Copy Share Image
“Parents would like to believe that their children don’t understand or notice some of the bad choices we make in life, but… — E.N. Joy Copy Share Image
Your mother sounds like a formidable woman," Valek said into the silence. "You have no idea," Leif replied with a sigh. "Well,… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
“The problem with creations is that they’ll never understand their true value. It’s the same with parents and children. The mother knows… — F.K. Preston Copy Share Image
“There was a time if my mother had said we she’d have meant me and her. Now it was them. She was… — Yvvette Edwards Copy Share Image
In Western Pennsylvania, our parents and grandparents left us a strong system of roads, rails, bridges, locks, dams, streetcars, and more -… — Conor Lamb Copy Share Image
In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their… — John Edwards Copy Share Image
“Is there somebody out there? Amy, is that you?” her mother called. “No. Tell me this isn’t happening.” Quinn rested his forehead… — Sarah Mayberry Copy Share Image
