Parenting Quote by Lauren Alexander

“I went to visit my dad. He didn’t say a word to me. Or if he did, I couldn’t hear it through the grass,…

— Jarod Kintz

“My son, do not forget your father's instructions.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Sometimes I’d take off my earmuffs and memory goggles and turn around to discover that my father had been standing in the doorway, just…

— Joshua Foer

“I’ve just become aware that for thirty-six years, I was angry with your father for not meeting my needs, and now I realize that…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

“I would give most anything to hear my father's talk again, the crash and bang and stop of his language, always hurtling by. I…

— Chang-rae Lee

“His greatest lesson was the one he never said out loud, the thing a father should do, which is this: Be there. Always be…

— Harrison Scott Key

“My father and grandfather were noises now there are just silent and disappointed.”

— Deyth Banger

“Sometimes I caught my mother digging through old photo albums or staring at the wall or out the window. She’d get that look on…

— Sherman Alexie

“Dad had always told him to make an effort to learn about something before making his own decisions, not to simply believe what he…

— Jeremy Laszlo

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

— Isabella Starling

“My father tells his stories. I’ve heard them before. I know his pauses. His inflections. But I let him tell them over again. Someday,…

— Kenny Porpora

“So I decided I would do everything my Dad had not, everything I would need to have the perspective and point of view I…

— Jeff Johns