My mother used to tell me, 'I'm fake thin, but don't tell anyone.' I think part of her reputation for dieting too… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
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She had come to him to escape her mother's world, a world where all bodies were equal. She had come to him… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Ironically, to my children, bedtime is a punishment that violates their basic rights as human beings. Once the lights are out, you… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, Adore to weeping, Love to laughing, Desire to praising. Tickle, giggle, kiss! Adonai my God, For… — Zoe Klein Copy Share Image
I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment.… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
There is no patriarchy or matriarchy in the garden; the two supervise each other. Adam is given no arbitrary power; Eve is… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
“IN GOD’S PRESENCE, CONSIDER … Do I trust in God my loving Father or in my own puny efforts to “control” the… — Patrick Madrid Copy Share Image
The great Master Gardener, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in a wonderful providence, with his own hand, planted me here,… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
‗In life, at sometime or another we come to a point where all relationships cease—where there is only us and Allah. There… — Umera Ahmed Copy Share Image
My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
“Therefore, we call on women to arise and stand firm, the era of relegating us to the background where we remain unnoticed… — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
Children are keenly aware of every situation where mother figuratively wears the pants in the home, and they're scornful of her for… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I gradually understood why European mothers aren't in perpetual panic about their work-life balance and don't write books about how executive moms… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
My parents keep yelling at me bc I'm not perfect.Like I'm sorry for not being your perfect daughter.Then I got my boyfriend… — Tabby Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time,” I began. “There was a little boy born in a little town. He was perfect, or so his… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
“By December 1975, a year had passed since Mr. Harvey had packed his bags, but there was still no sign of him.… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
The reason anything happened for me at all was because my parents, on advice from a primary school teacher, sent me to… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
As a child, I was an observer, a listener for the stories of grown-ups. I led a quiet, solitary life with my… — Susan Shreve Copy Share Image
“The parents are making threatening noises, turning dinner into performance art, with dad doing his Arnold Schwarzenegger imitation and mom playing Glenn… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Oakleigh. Never, the wrinkled caretaker had sworn, would Daniel sell his home. Taking him away from the house he'd been born in… — Carol Rose Copy Share Image
Parents if the teacher says that you can come and sit down in the class whenever you want, it doesn't mean do… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I would take school instruction out of the hands of the old order of decrepit, stammering, journeymen-teachers as well as from the… — Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Copy Share Image
“If he goes after Sophia's father right after the divorce, then everybody knows he's whacked out over it." She'd spent some time… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Think about it. Before the creation of the world, before anything or anyone existed, there was a living, loving God. There is… — Jon Morrison Copy Share Image
I do feel that film and TV are often behind when it comes to the way women look, they often dress them… — Kristin Davis Copy Share Image
Some men don't want to be responsible fathers. It's easier to say 'Let's just turn the kids over to the state.' Women… — Tim Huelskamp Copy Share Image
“Eleanor looked up, surprised; the little girl was sliding back in her chair, sullenly refusing her milk, while her father frowned and… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“The word 'slut' (in patois) was repeated over and over, until suddenly I felt as if I were drowning in a well… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
The amount of guilt you deal with as a parent is pretty profound. It's a constant balancing act. I'm an ambitious person,… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
When Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 as her father's rightful heir, she laid upon him the mantle of Camelot and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
I was introduced to the church through my parents but I had to struggle and find it on my own. In the… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to… — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
“My grandfather had died, and my mother was trying to explain it to me. . . .Grandpa isn't coming back? No, she… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“Unlike my father, who blindly churned out one canvas after another, I had real ideas about the artistic life. Seated at my… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Although I am good at enumerating my father’s flaws, it’s hard for me to sustain much anger at him. I expect this… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image