Parenting Quote by Cristina Henriquez

“Later, you told me what your mother had said. How your father, the farmer, rose up slowly. You told me how your mother wailed…

— Jon Gresham

“one day the goldfish died, all five of them, they floated on the water, on their sides, their eyes still open, and when my…

— Charles Bukowski

“While Mary brushed my pistachio silk carriage dress, Mama tugged the laces of my corset as tight as they would go. She grunted and…

— Susan Dennard

“and there was a fish pond a large one full of the fattest goldfish you ever saw and they were tame. they came to…

— Charles Bukowski

“we had goldfish and they circled around and around in the bowl on the table near the heavy drapes covering the picture window and…

— Charles Bukowski

“I laughed, harder than I'd laughed in a long time. "You have got to be kidding," I said, watching the hope vanish from his…

— Nicole Castle

“I made him solemnly swear he would leave the fish alone. He swore “on my mother’s life” that he would. His mother has been…

— Hendrik Groen

“And what about the piranhas?” “I doubt the fishies’ll snack on anything critical.” He leaned in to murmur at her ear, “They only go…

— Kresley Cole

“Look at the lonely fisherman,' my father says. 'Look at his view,' my mother says.”

— Hannah Lillith Assadi

“My father's hand found the door locked. His calls to my mother went unanswered. He beat with his fists and called out her name,…

— Niall Williams

“My mother is a fish.”

— William Faulkner

“He didn’t look a lot like his father, save when he wanted something badly. She pulled herself up a bit, shaking her head to…

— Diana Gabaldon