“She tried not to think of her father, once a brief inmate of those twenty-foot-high, three-foot-thick crenellated walls. Now” — J.T. Ellison Copy Share Image
When you gaze upon the lovely sight. Of twins, arm in arm, asleep at night. Think not that the house has been… — John Walter Bratton Copy Share Image
Being a parent means doing what's right in situations where your own desires and pleasures aren't most important. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He was not like Greek fathers. He didn't tell us to get married. My father thought it was very important that we… — Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki Copy Share Image
What did i know of your fantasies? Why do we know so little about the fantasies of our parents? What do we… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
My father has taught me not to succumb to nihilism, and my mother has taught me the value of hard work and… — Michael Tubbs Copy Share Image
As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
I was raised in a very, very loving household. I had quite unusual parents, and my father has always been my hero. — Roxie Roker Copy Share Image
“Those clothes are Susie's,' my father said calmly when he reached him. Buckley looked down at my blackwatch dress that he held… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I was really lucky to have been raised in this really powerful matriarchy where my dad was around, but I was with… — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really… — Lydia Ko Copy Share Image
Everyone's parents were famous actors at my school, pretty much! I think I went to school with Paris Hilton when I was… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seemed as though all her life was already used up in that dark basement, as if her mother’s mouth on… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“My parents bedroom was now draped in damask, air heavy with the scent of incense sticks displayed in ornate stands. On the… — Patricia Caliskan Copy Share Image
“Do you ever think when you look at someone, when to you listen to someone, does that person really have a life?"… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
“The old, endless, approachable and always answering Sorrow," says my father Lucifer. "For who calls on me never goes unanswered. Only prayers… — Robert Nye Copy Share Image
My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy. — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind… — Elton John Copy Share Image
My father worked three jobs, my mother worked two, seven days a week sometimes. And they wouldn't take welfare or social assistance,… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I… — Patrick Marber Copy Share Image
I think that, being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain,… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“Father Arnold finished the ceremony and asked if anybody had any final words for the dearly departed. "Final words?" Chess asked, "I… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
“Sir, this young fellow's mother could: whereupon she grew round-wombed, and had, indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
My father was an agricultural economist. In 1989 he was posted to Mbarara, a small town on the Uganda-Rwanda border. — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
I make sure to talk to my parents and brother once a week. I have to keep up my Danish. Phoning is… — Morten Andersen Copy Share Image
Father died last year. I don't subscribe to the theory by which we only become truly adult when our parents die; we… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“I wonder if I wouldn't have been more moved if my own mother had taken me in her arms and said, 'I… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“The only reason Damen had that language was because his father had insisted that, for a prince, learning the words of an… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
As a child, I used to tell my mother that one day I will come on TV for one of the Ekta… — Tripti Dimri Copy Share Image
“A death happened at 3:12 in the morning. A private death between the mother and herself, before she could finish her one… — Lydia Netzer- Shine Shine Shine Copy Share Image
“Apart from the principles of the Bible, you cannot be the man, the husband, and the father you may be.” — Nick Harrison Copy Share Image
I think ultimately the film 'Room' is a kind of hymn to motherhood and to the everyday heroism of parents who find… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Heavenly Father offers to you the greatest gift of all—eternal life—and the opportunity and infinite blessing of your own “happily ever after.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“He looked down, aimed his father’s old H&R 22-caliber revolver, and took another shot, this time in the head. The boy on… — Rayven T. Hill Copy Share Image
I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
