Grand canyon Quote by Christina Stead

“How strange, extraordinary, and joyful it was to her to think that her son - the little son, whose tiny limbs had faintly stirred…

— Leo Tolstoy

“It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit…

— Mitch Albom

“Twice as many paths to trouble,' their mothers would whisper. As though their daughters loving men and women meant they wanted all of them…

— Anna-Marie McLemore

“To read of the unrelenting coarseness and brutality of the boy’s father is lowering to the spirit, as is the shame he felt at…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Why do fathers look ungainly in their daughter's bedrooms? Like mythical beasts wandered in from the forest of another world?”

— Mira Jacob

“Little G loved stories about all things sacred laced with a bit of irreverence.”

— Michaelene McElroy

“As for the boys..."vulnerable fathers turn to time-honored defensive responses to maintain the function that father knows best' Parents, especially fathers, teach their sons…

— Martha Stout

“When fathers struggle with being authentic, they leave muddy footprints on little girls' hearts.”

— Tina Samples

“You shouldn't be too hard with little boys. You should treat them as precious, because that's what they are. —James Harker”

— Edward Bloor

“The boys spoke in loud, angry voices about tyranny and freedom. The girls watched the boys strut. The ancient, animal story, the same whether…

— James S.A. Corey

“They were little more than boys, and yet while they differed in race, in temperament, and in their understanding of love, they were united…

— Michael Chabon

“He needed me to do what sons do for their fathers: bear witness that they’re substantial, that they’re not hollow, not ringing absences. That…

— Richard Ford