Humorous Quote by Elaine Raco Chase

“Then he called him Maeglin, which is Sharp Glance, for he perceived that the eyes of his son were more piercing than his own,…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“He didn’t always tell his father when it happened, because the old man’s face turned mottled blue over his doublet, and unless Will got…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“The body directly before him, however, was that of a child. The blue of the eyes was now covered in a milky film, giving…

— Steven Erikson

“Disgusted, Addolgar faced Ailean. “You bet against your own son?” “Just like you, the boy doesn’t pay attention. And seeing that she’s just like…

— G.A. Aiken

“You bet against your own son?” “Just like you, the boy doesn’t pay attention. And seeing that she’s just like her mother, he didn’t…

— G.A. Aiken

“Sometimes I think you take over my mind,” Larch said, “with your words.” Immiker’s smile widened, and then he began to laugh. The laughter…

— Kristin Cashore

“It seemed to him that he both knew too much to imagine [the child's] simplicity and too little to disembroil his tangle.”

— Henry James

“Once inside, I stirred the banked coals of the brazier to sullen life. It did nothing to ease the chill that gripped my bones.…

— Lesley Livingston

“Tell your father he must come himself. I do not waste my time on fools and younger sons. I am old fashioned in this.…

— Joe Abercrombie

“I was close enough to my father to see that he’d heard the exchange. For a moment, I wondered if he’d silence the fools…

— Lesley Livingston

“I think I might have seen pride in Dad’s eyes. Or maybe it was just a gleam of Why is my offspring so insane?”

— Rachel Hawkins

“He imagined this must be what fatherhood felt like, just without all the gross parts, and the aftercare, and most of the other parts…

— Bella Forrest