Town hall Quote by Graham Parke

“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.”

— Myron Uhlberg

“And even later, when for the first time in her life she had lain in bed with a man and said his name involuntarily…

— Toni Morrison

“and wind whispered in the porch. Didn’t I tell my father I would kill him? And should I? I searched the house. I heard…

— David Adams Richards

“All these stupid old people. Had every last one of them met, heard of, gossiped about, or smelled her mom in the distance? Way…

— Thea Harrison

“I went home that day, and I wrote your name over and over on a piece of paper. I must have written it a…

— Gwen Hayes

“I never knew my mother's name.”

— Zoë Marriott

“He stood looking out past the certainty of the empty porch, but he couldn’t imagine his father standing anywhere else. It was like listening…

— Ari Berk

“My dad has a story about hearing from me at work one day when I hadn’t had a chance to call in a while.…

— Chris Kyle

“I [dad] spent hours on the phone. Do you know with whom?' 'One of those psychic hotlines?' Dad gritted his teeth. 'If only...”

— Rachel Hawkins

“They did the best they could. Besides I was hardly a stranger. I had known your grandmother. We were like this." She twined her…

— Gregory Maguire

“In face, all I have left of my father is his last name – and I think that’s only because Ma couldn’t stand the…

— Meg Medina

“You don't need to know my name. You'll forget it soon enough.”

— Norihiro Yagi