Life Quote by Katie Crouch

“a mother, don’t you want your children to be better than you are?”

— E.N. Joy

“I'm the parent. It's my job to be here for you, not the other way around.”

— Danielle Younge-Ullman

“This little girl's grown up by now," she said. Almost. Not quite. I wish you all a long and happy life.”

— Alice Sebold

“quit trying to become a better parent and decided to try becoming a better person.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton

“It was nice when you could look up to your parent, even as an adult, and think, This is who I fucking want to…

— John Scalzi

“The things that others have always seem better than what you have,” his mother said.”

— Brandon Sanderson

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

— Neil Gaiman

“Whatever life brings, we'll share," she says, and "I can do no more than the best I can.”

— Carol Emshwiller

“There's the parent you want and the parent you have.”

— Karen Harrington

“Your parents are never gone from you. You'll see that someday, hopefully a very long time from now.”

— John Searles

“I’ve been thinking about that. About how your kids aren’t really yours, they’re just these people that you try to keep an eye on,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, so long as the ones who are around make their presence in a long…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel