Parenting Quote by Caragh M. O'Brien

“None of his friend's parents were still together, and in every case that seemed like the number one thing that had gone wrong with…

— Rainbow Rowell

“she hated everything her parents loved”

— Stephen Chbosky

“I don't know what happened to your parents or why they did what they did. But in all the world, I could have wished…

— John Stephens

“most of all, she’d learned that she had to rely on herself. Certainly her father and her sister couldn’t be counted on.”

— Kristin Hannah

“Just because they aren't with us doesn't mean we don't have parents anymore.”

— Reyna Grande

“Her parents would need”

— Lorna Seilstad

“She'd thought that she would do anything for them, but it had never occurred to her that "anything" might mean letting them go.”

— Laini Taylor

“Exactly what was wrong with her? And could she pass it on to any children she may have?”

— Shelly Laurenston

“But Dad said we had to try, because neither he or I could bear the thought of living the rest of our lives without…

— Jostein Gaarder

“She began to wonder whether she would not do better to finish her life alone. What was left of life seemed unimportant.”

— Willa Cather

“She thought she would do something with them someday, although she could not have said what and in fact she never did.”

— Diane Schoemperlen

“So does that mean your real parents didn’t want you?”

— Walter Isaacson