“What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I'm inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It's not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? We can't-at least not in the moment. I don't think my mother… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
The thing that experts agree on is that although divorce is difficult and stressful for kids no matter what, the real harm… — Emily Doskow Copy Share Image
I'm the daughter of immigrants and my parents came to this country with nothing in their pockets and not speaking English and… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
“A person is loved for the risk he or she takes for someone else, be it a mother, a father, a child,… — Buket Uzuner Copy Share Image
“You mustn’t wait for someone to rescue you,” Mother would continue, a faraway look in her eyes. “A girl expecting rescue never… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Miley Cyrus, like all of us, needs to be loved. We all come from complicated parents I understand her, and I love… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was… — Michael Tolkin Copy Share Image
“The practice of self-observation mirrors the way in which a mother observes and attunes to her baby. Self-observation is a method of… — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
“Your world is tiny, yes. But God gets tinier. Not one dust mite falls through the carpet fibers and into the pad… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
What is a child, but a piece of the parent enrapt up in another skin? And yet our dearest children are but… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
My own introduction to music came quite early. My father didn't have much of an education, but he was keen for me… — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a single parent, and that's taken a lot of energy away from me.… — Joanna Cassidy Copy Share Image
The 'New Testament', now, I quite liked. Jesus had a lot of good things to say, and as for his father, he… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Mother,” said Ramona urgently. This time she stepped into the hall. “Unless we get a ladder (Go back to your room, Ramona)… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I would say my relationship with my father has had a bigger impact on me than I knew. Even with the things… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
“Where have you been, Theodora?," Mrs Goodman asked. "Walking, Mother." "And whom did you see?" Mrs Goodman flung her grammar like a… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
I don’t smoke, although it looks fantastic in films. But I light matches on those thinking blank nights when I crawl my… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“...What was wrong between Diana and me was that she was too much a mother to me, and as I had had… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Many [hooligans] discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
It was great to have two parents there because you get the nurturing from your mother and you get the sternness from… — Jerome Bettis Copy Share Image
“And when adulthood fails you, you can still summon the memory of the black swan on the pond of your childhood, the… — Barbara Ras Copy Share Image
Most of us don't have mothers who blazed a trail for us--at least, not all the way. Coming of age before or… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“Robot Boy Mr. an Mrs. Smith had a wonderful life. They were a normal, happy husband and wife. One day they got… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
“As a parent who raised his children in dysfunction, I know the parental wounds my children received were not intentional; often they… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
My mother was determined that I was going to leave the farm and do well in life. And she thought with the… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Your Heavenly Father knows that you will make mistakes. He knows that you will stumble-perhaps many times. This saddens Him, but He… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“Why should a family with eight rambunctious children bother owning anything that could be damaged? They sat on the arms of their… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“I half listened to the plans that were being made now in this lounge between my father and these new friends. I… — Fiona Mozley Copy Share Image
When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Twenty or 30 years ago, certainly when my mother was my age, I'm sure she felt things were pretty over for her.… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
“How I wish, how fervently I ache, to take my mother's hand, kiss her check,tell her I love her, and watch her… — M.J. Burke Sr Copy Share Image
Friedman stumbled in, late to the seminar as usual and reeking of cigar smoke and whiskey. He hadn't read the paper being… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll say, "I wrote that book," and the person will look at you as if you're really strange. One time that… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“Whose team are you on?” I ask him. “I don’t follow you – what do you mean whose team am I on?”… — John A. Passaro Copy Share Image
You go to a theater, you're in a darkened room, and you watch someone that you don't really know how many children… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image