--- title: "1 Parents Thing Quotes By Nicole Trope" description: "1 Parents Thing quotes by Nicole Trope. Plus more from Nicole Trope and more Parents Thing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/nicole-trope-12924_bad-boy_you-know-lockie-she-said-aloud-what-the_1844596.jpg" --- > [“You know, Lockie,’ she said aloud. ‘What?’ ‘The thing about parents is . . . the thing about good parents — and I think your parents are pretty good . . .’ ‘Yeah, Mum makes cakes, amazing cakes, and Dad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/you-know-lockie-she-said-aloud-what-the-thing-about-parents-is-the/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/nicole-trope-12924_bad-boy_you-know-lockie-she-said-aloud-what-the_1844596.jpg) ## More by Nicole Trope > [“He said I was a dirty boy,’ whispered Lockie. ‘I was a dirty boy and that was why he did stuff to me, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/he-said-i-was-a-dirty-boy-whispered-lockie-i-was-a-dirty-boy-and-that/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“And then to win the prize had been incredible. She felt like she was being seen, actually being seen, for the first time in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/and-then-to-win-the-prize-had-been-incredible-she-felt-like-she-was/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Tina thought about the idea of how much a person could take. People only survived because they turned the real into the surreal. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/tina-thought-about-the-idea-of-how-much-a-person-could-take-people/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Lockie got lost.’ ‘Yeah, he did.’ ‘But you found him.’ ‘I think we kind of found each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/lockie-got-lost-yeah-he-did-but-you-found-him-i-think-we-kind-of/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Tina wondered how long it had taken Lockie to give up on his parents. How long had he shouted and screamed and hoped for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/tina-wondered-how-long-it-had-taken-lockie-to-give-up-on-his-parents/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“The police up in the city had endless files filled with people who were so malevolent it was almost impossible to believe they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/the-police-up-in-the-city-had-endless-files-filled-with-people-who/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Tina and her mother were in the process of healing; they had to heal and soon they would be healed. But Tina knew that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/tina-and-her-mother-were-in-the-process-of-healing-they-had-to-heal/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Tina knew she could have taken the man a tree that grew its own money and he would say, ‘Not much call for money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/tina-knew-she-could-have-taken-the-man-a-tree-that-grew-its-own-money/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Sarah put the man and the other dead children out of her head. Later, perhaps, she would watch Lockie out in the garden and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/sarah-put-the-man-and-the-other-dead-children-out-of-her-head-later/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“That’s what Lockie was—a little boy.It could do your head in if you thought too much about the cruelty that one person could inflict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/that-s-what-lockie-was-a-little-boy-it-could-do-your-head-in-if-you/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“She could not remember the casual Sarah who needed her morning latte before she did anything else. She had willingly given that Sarah up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/she-could-not-remember-the-casual-sarah-who-needed-her-morning-latte/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Kids didn’t just disappear unless someone made them disappear.‘Relax, mate,’ the head of security said. ‘We’ve never lost one yet.’ Lots of kids wandered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/kids-didn-t-just-disappear-unless-someone-made-them-disappear-relax/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“Maybe it was easier if you knew your child was dead. It was a thought that stopped him in his tracks sometimes but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/maybe-it-was-easier-if-you-knew-your-child-was-dead-it-was-a-thought/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“If the clean man was not the boy’s father and if he had taken him, Tina knew that someone must be looking for him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/if-the-clean-man-was-not-the-boy-s-father-and-if-he-had-taken-him/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) > [“When he began cramming in the bites of burger Tina and Sarah both said, almost at the same time, ‘Slowly, Lockie.’Lockie slowed down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-trope/when-he-began-cramming-in-the-bites-of-burger-tina-and-sarah-both/) [Nicole Trope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-trope/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-thing/nicole-trope/#itemlist", "name": "1 Parents Thing Quotes By Nicole Trope", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You know, Lockie,’ she said aloud. ‘What?’ ‘The thing about parents is . . . the thing about good parents — and I think your parents are pretty good . . .’ ‘Yeah, Mum makes cakes, amazing cakes, and Dad takes me fishing even when there’s work to do. They’re good parents, my mum and dad. But . . . but they didn’t find me.’ ‘I know, Lockie, but I promise they were looking. When we get you home they’ll tell you. I promise they were looking.’ ‘I should have stayed by the stroller. Maybe they’re mad and that’s why they didn’t look. Maybe they know I’m a bad boy.’ ‘You are not bad, Lockie,’ said Tina. She said the words slowly, patiently. ‘You are not bad and your parents sound like they’re pretty good parents. And you know . . . well, the thing about good parents is that they kind of love you no matter what.’ ‘No matter what?’ ‘Yeah, whatever happens, whatever you do, they still love you. Sometimes they shout when you do stuff they don’t like but they always love you.’ ‘What if the stuff you do is really bad?’ ‘They’ll still love you. That’s their job.’ ‘No, I mean what if the stuff you did is really, really bad?’ ‘It doesn’t matter, Lockie. You’re just a kid. 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