Quote by Lisa Tawn Bergren

“But saying stuff, even if it's good, isn't enough. Dad never did anything, he just talked about it. Even I knew you needed plans.”

— Glenda Millard

“Maybe the problem between me and my father was that we were both the same.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Rehearsing your troubles results in experiencing them many times, whereas you are meant to go through them only when they actually occur.”

— Renee Swope

“I don’t like to overhear things, because, in my experience, things your parents are keeping quiet about are things you don’t want to know.”

— Carol Rifka Brunt

“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

“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 told Dad about yesterday...I told him how I made all those mistakes. 'But you kept on playing?' Dad said. His eyes got wide…

— Linda Urban

“That just goes to show you that parents can do all they can for you, but at the end of the day it’s up…

— Shareef Jaudon

“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

“admit it to her dad, who would just take what she said at face value, rather than her mother, who would listen too intently…

— Liane Moriarty

“He treats the person as if they were fully whole. We become what others expect us to be. Dad expected me to get better…

— Nathan Foster

“Dad had an annoying way of putting things into perspective.”

— Derrolyn Anderson