Parenting Quote by Amy Harmon

“In introducing himself, he had said, "I'm the father," and the doctors had winced. Because something else must have echoed in their ears- I'm…

— Kenzaburo Oe

“and when he saw the kid standing there looking looking down at him he held out to him his bloodied hands as if in…

— Cormac McCarthy

“My son ... my son,' said Francis Crawford before the blurred, failing candles, their light searching over his disordered, bent head and closed eyes…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“Is my son turning into some kind of monster?”

— Simon Holt

“And you see his blue eyes, the blue eyes of all the family whom you used to know, grow narrow and glisten, his hand…

— Adrienne Rich

“Everything he did, as long as you stayed in the village, whether shouting obscenities at passing children or sleeping in the cemetery, all would…

— Nick Flynn

“Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I…

— Laurie R. King

“I shook my head, trying to make sense out of what had happened. As before, no sense came. I completely lost every sense of…

— Karina Halle

“about his father. Father would approve. Finally, he stood, straightened his back and took a deep breath. He bent over, and grabbing”

— Rayven T. Hill

“The boy started to thrash and cry. A tiny bundle of bones and scars, freckles and red hair. Just another human who would grow…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“The words came from him like a sob, a hoarse sound like the death rattle of a dying man; it seemed indeed like the…

— Honoré de Balzac

“Her mouth drops open in disbelief. “Your dad tried to blackmail the mob? Has he never seen The Godfather?”

— M. Leighton