Dead-parents Quote by Kim Newman

“The family crest of none other than Professor James Moriarty.” The very name filled me with fear, and my trousers with something that was…

— Robert Thomas

“Moriarty: . . .everything I have to say has already crossed your mind.”

— Conan Doyle

“I think of Dean Moriarty.”

— Jack Kerouac

“is a source of constant wonder to me how I came to have such a cork-brained parent. However, I have not the slightest reason…

— Georgette Heyer

“There was a young lady from Gloucester Who complained that her parents both bossed her, So she ran off to Maine. Did her parents…

— John Ciardi

“Dad moved in with the baffled deepsea shyness of a character just arriving in a story already underway.”

— Niall Williams

“Molly!” exclaimed her father, dropping his end of the box and rushing over to her. “Are you hurt?” “N-No, I don’t think so,” she…

— Deborah G. Felder

“(After Gerry fell overboard and they set sail) “Dad.” I held my teeth tight. “I guess you forgot. Planning this whole trip, I would…

— M.H. Herlong

“He wondered exactly how lost a person could get. Lost at sea, lost in the woods. Fatally lost.”

— Carol Shields

“Where am I?" mumbled Luz. "You're tied up in a homicidal smuggler's haunted mansion," I informed her. "I remember now. My mom's going to…

— Kirsten Miller

“I sulked into the living room and sat on the couch with my back turned away from the enemies who said they were my…

— Megan Jean Sovern

“Get the parents out of the way and then something interesting can happen.”

— Rick Riordan