Parenting Quote by John Marrs

“Why does it always seem that I have only the shadow of my father? I'm like a child constantly grabbing at his coattails and…

— Libba Bray

“He had a daddy, but he’d never get to know his father, and the knowledge of that pained me every day.”

— Isabella Starling

“about his father. Father would approve. Finally, he stood, straightened his back and took a deep breath. He bent over, and grabbing”

— Rayven T. Hill

“He was a dork, but at least he was totally comfortable in social situations, like Dad. Comfortable, or oblivious, which amounted to the same…

— Jennifer Echols

“All those years I'd kept an outline of my father in my head, like a chalk line enclosing a father-shaped space. When I was…

— Margaret Atwood

“I wonder where father's gone. He repeatedly goes out but never comes in.”

— Elizabeth Bowen

“The city had faded my tan, though. I looked yellow as a Chinaman. Ordinarily, I would have been nervous about my dress and my…

— Sylvia Plath

“You really don’t like your father, do you?” He glowered. “Let’s just say he would have eaten me if my mother hadn’t been nearly…

— Dave Ferraro

“It’s strange, but when your father has gone you suddenly discover that the choices you have made were as much for him as for…

— Jo Nesbø

“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

“He was like my father. They each wanted me to be their audience, to hear the things they needed to express.”

— Richard Ford

“I suppose I ought to describe my father, but it isn't easy. Sometimes over the years he seemed one thing and sometimes another. He…

— Edith Konecky