Art Quote by Jodi Picoult

“That's the thing about parents, I'm beginning to realize. You don't have to see them all that much to imitate them.”

— Leigh Newman

“Why do fathers look ungainly in their daughter's bedrooms? Like mythical beasts wandered in from the forest of another world?”

— Mira Jacob

“Sometimes you just have to let crap slide when it comes to adults acting like kids, because that can be a beautiful thing. True?…

— Matthew Quick

“How we ever came from the same parents is a wonder. Nothing suits you more than a crowd, and nothing suits me less.”

— Nora Roberts

“Aren’t parents ever right? They either do too goddamned much or too goddamned little, but they’re never right, at least not as far as…

— J.A. Jance

“I don’t understand parents. Honestly, I don’t think anybody ever does.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Being strong or pretending to be, even when he is not, for the family looks up to him, is a father all about.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

“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

“When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become.”

— Peggy Toney Horton

“Parents just concentrate on the thing that drives them nuts and all the other good stuff you do goes out the window.”

— Joan Bauer

“mad at me. For Dad, parenting has become just like shooting one of his stupid insurance ads-some makeup to cover the blemishes, a flashy…

— Holly Schindler

“Being a parent is apparently more than most men can handle. This is transparent to even the tiniest child.”

— Jarod Kintz