Father Quote by Donald O'Donovan

“Refusing to have a child is the highest degree of rebellion, after suicide; one of the best uses of the mind; and the best…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Children turn, and must turn, against their parents, and the parents can do nothing about it, for they are subject to a law which…

— Emil M. Cioran

“The fact is that an unscrupulous tyrant mobilizes the suppressed fears and anxieties of those who were beaten as children but have never been…

— Alice Miller

“Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.”

— Mabel Hale

“When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard (the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the…

— Laozi

“It is their duty to be infantile, even against their inclination.”

— Aldous Huxley

“I rebel against authority, especially my own.”

— Christy Leigh Stewart

“It is too late for me to feel paternal now. Whatever inside me that might once have been capable of nurturing my child had…

— Oliver Bowden

“It is the duty of a child to obey his parent.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“...Incest is rape by extortion. Thus the child's very childhood becomes a weapon used to control her.”

— E. Sue Blume

“Mothers were naturals for law enforcement, because toddlers, like criminals, were often belligerent and destructive.”

— Stephen King

“Babies are frightening -- raw tyrants whose only kingdom is their own body.”

— Jeanette Winterson