Dad Quote by John Green

I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in…

— Jennifer Lopez

Mum was an amazing parent and my best pal. The tragedy of it, really, was that she died from breast cancer just as I…

— Robert Webb

“One night I heard my dad say to my mom: I can't help but think of the good times we're having now as being…

— Miriam Toews

“Well--" My mother paused, and her tone was reflective in that way that is inevitably sad, because the past is sad. "What I remember,"…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

“Something terrible is happening to me, Mom,” he said, his voice cracking. For the first time all morning, he felt close to tears. “Oh,…

— Joe Hill

I had one young man tell me he wished I was his mom. Another young woman told me that every time she watched 'The…

— Phyllis Smith

Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps into the…

— Nicole Krauss

“What was it like when your mother passed away?” I asked Mimi. “I was twenty-eight years old. I had just given birth to John…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“Do you ever hear from your dad?’ I ask. ‘Uh-uh. Mum said they had the biggest fight before he left. She was sixteen and…

— Cath Crowley

“I could feel the hard part of Mom very strongly that time. It was like a stone in her that grew bigger every time…

— Kaimana Wolff

Later on, towards the end of their lives, I thanked her. I said, "Mom, you were really tough." She said, "I wasn't tough! I…

— David Copperfield

“On this particular day, there was a woman in line right in front of us. She was in her thirties, smartly but not expensively…

— Will Schwalbe