Family Quote by Doris Lessing

“I loved my parents and wanted to make them proud of me - but no longer at the cost of my own happiness.”

— Rachel Hawthorne

“...And talking of the dear family party which would then be restored, of their mutual pursuits and cheerful society, as the only happiness worth…

— Jane Austen

“The happiness of a family is such a complex matter. Like a table laid out with a tea service, it looks so ordinary until…

— Lynda Williams

“What must it be like to want your parents' happiness instead of resenting them for it?”

— Samantha Young

“It’s not the job of the child to make the parent happy. It’s the job of the parent to take care of their own…

— Art Hochberg

“And then there were the things Sally knew her mother would have loved. Those, too, made it easy to imagine how she might come…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

“Have you ever been truly happy, Miss Harriet?” “Yes, once . . . a long time ago . . . but it didn’t last…

— Thomas Cullinan

“Who would be grateful for this?  Two parents that don’t want you.  All the money in the world, but no happiness?”

— Harper Sloan

“Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own parents?”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Being a parent is joyful, but it's also haunted by the specter of loss.”

— Richard Beck

“Happiness is being loved by Grandparents.”

— Fatima Nacana

“...and she thought she understood, for the first time, the strange and terrible power a parent has over a child's happiness, and also how…

— Meg Mitchell Moore