Children Quote by John Waters

“The young woman almost lost control of the emotions that flooded her. "...I'm terrified of the king!" "Why," Esther asked trying to encourage the…

— Bethany N. Wallace

Leaning her silly, beautiful, drunken head on my shoulder, she said, "Oh, Esther, I don't want to be a feminist. I don't enjoy it.…

— Joanna Russ

“Esther so badly wanted to save her father, to bring him back from the half death that had become his life. Every time he…

— Krystal Sutherland

Her visits to her former hometown were infrequent and often painful. Pilgrimages fueled by the tepid oxygen of family duty, unease, guilt. The more…

— Joyce Carol Oates

She'd been criticized for holding the reins of parenthood too tightly, of controlling her children too completely, but she didn't know how to let…

— Kristin Hannah

I read 'Mommie Dearest,' and while I am not comparing myself to Joan Crawford, I will never uproot my child. I won't make my…

— Helen Baxendale

“Why should such an angel be plunged so low as into the vulgar offices of domestic life? Were she mine, I should hardly wish…

— Samuel Richardson

I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

— Maurice Sendak

“What sort of daughter refuses to go to her mother’s house? What sort of daughter speaks with such violence to her mother about buying…

— Liane Moriarty

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

— Victoria Secunda

A direful death indeed they had That would put any parent mad But she was more than usual calm She did not give a…

— Marjorie Fleming

“I won’t tolerate her hurting you, my son. I’ll kill the bitch first.” “Weren’t you the one who tried to cut father’s throat before…

— G.A. Aiken