Father Quote by Anthony Doerr

“Poor bastard. Literally. His mom was broke, and his dad had abandoned the family years ago.”

— Daryl Gregory

“He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on…

— Helen Hodgman

“My father died suddenly, but also across the years. He was still dying, really - which meant I guess that he was still living,…

— John Green

“How could a father wish you were dead, when he himself already died.”

— JohnEgreek

“He was dead. No trace of pain, no sufferings, no victimization.”

— Prerna Varma

“Of such a letter, Death himself might well have been the post-boy.”

— Herman Melville

“He was a simple honest man. He never strayed, He never drank, he never smoked, and he never kissed a maid. And when he…

— Ted Gup

“His mother is dead, yet she has never not been, in theory, at his shoulder. He wants her not to have known and suffered…

— Graham Swift

“My dad was born poor, made a fortune during his life, and then died suddenly—murdered by his only son, leaving his vast estate to…

— Jarod Kintz

“[...]dead was dead, but there was still a man in there, one who wanted all the same things I did, though even the simplest…

— Thea Hayworth

“... and you're the son of his youngest. He has no other children. Oh, your father's dead, by the way. Fell off a horse…

— Scott Lynch

“Forgive me,’ he whispered. I held my father’s gaze. Sometimes he seemed to grow a little older just by looking at me and remembering.…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón