Parenting Quote by David Malouf

“He accepted the deformity which had made life so hard for him; he knew that it had warped his character, but now he saw…

— William Somerset Maugham

“Whenever his father’s eyes were on him, he became uncomfortably aware of all his deformities and shortcomings.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Through some happy accident of heredity he had escaped his father's tediousness, while retaining a little of his mother's jolly high spirits and humor.…

— William Styron

“I suppose I ought to describe my father, but it isn't easy. Sometimes over the years he seemed one thing and sometimes another. He…

— Edith Konecky

“He remembers noticing his dad's shadow was shorter than the others, and he had a visceral sense his father was weaker than the rest,…

— Jardine Libaire

“Most of us have small, sad places somewhere in our hearts and my father was no exception. Sometimes we let our feelings escape in…

— Christopher Milne

“Appearing as a character in my brother’s books taught me something about myself. For most of my life, my history as an abused child…

— John Elder Robison

“He was someone who had to live alone, someone who found it difficult to be with others for any length of time, because he…

— John Burnside

“My father hadn’t ruined me. It was impossible to ruin a person who had never been formed correctly to begin with, but I had…

— Lyla Payne

“He was a shadow of the man that once intimidated us out of our home, a shell of a human being, a fragment of…

— David Louden

“Never had he sounded so much like one of his characters, brought down by his passion, unable to escape his own private abyss, heartrendingly…

— Stacy Schiff

“I knew firsthand that mysterious state of people who appear to be sure of themselves but are actually eaten alive with fear inside. I…

— Alcoholics Anonymous