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Parent Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- After my parents passed away - in 2000 and 2003 - I felt I could take the time to think about the past and imagine…
- The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.
- Her visits to her former hometown were infrequent and often painful. Pilgrimages fueled by the tepid oxygen of family duty, unease, guilt. The more Esther…
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- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really… — Bill Ayers
- Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our… — Joe Baca
- My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I… — Michele Bachmann
- The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. — Francis Bacon
- When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to… — Erykah Badu
- I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. Take a salt bath. Do… — Erykah Badu
- Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is… — Russell Baker
- My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to… — Brigitte Bardot
- I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income… — Ellen Barkin