Life Quote by Eileen Cook

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

— Samantha Young

“Parents were good to us, gave us a lot, took care for us when we couldn’t have taken care for ourselves, wanted the best…

— Lukasz Laniecki

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

— Rachel Hawthorne

“When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear.”

— M.L. Stedman

“It's easier for parents to ignore, to pretend that everything's great and then do whatever they want while convinced it's something you want, too.”

— Sophie Jordan

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

— Harper Sloan

“Each one of us has hated his or her parents at some point in early life … how quickly we turn around our feelings…

— Sandeep Sahajpal

“That's the thing about parents. They ask what you think, but they don't really care, or at least they don't care enough to let…

— Peter Monn

“There’s a weird hole left when one of your parents dies. I think it’s the fact that you’re always trying to live up to…

— Joe Hart

“We hate our parents for having their own lives, don’t we, for making decisions for themselves that don’t seem to take us into account.…

— Lisa Unger

“Sometimes the people we love do nothing to deserve it. I have fucked up parents, so I get it.”

— A.J. Sand

“My parents are humans too. This has been one of my greatest awakenings in adulthood: my parents being regular people, too. They have baggage…

— Natalie Brenner