A painful tiny thought Quote by Mak_786

I wanted him [my father] to cherish and approve of me, not as he had when I was a child, but as the woman…

— Adrienne Rich

I had a very difficult father. I lived in a war zone. My parents were very unhappy, and I lived through my mother's pain.…

— Penny Junor

When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.

— Nancy Friday

When I stopped seeing my mother through the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.

— Nancy Friday

My father had his demons; our relationship was difficult and fractured. But I don't ever think, 'Poor me,' I just feel blessed that I…

— Stacey Dooley

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

— Sidney Poitier

In the summer of 1956, my mother was pregnant with me, which caused my father to confess his fear that I was going to…

— David Shields

Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So I figured…

— Rebecca Stead

My father deprived me of any truths about himself. He died without ever letting me know who he truly was. I only knew his…

— Joshua Mohr

My parents broke up when I was six. Before, I was a very active, naughty child, but after my father left me, I stopped…

— Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

I didn't grow up with my father in my life, and that bred a resentment in me, and it bred a mentality in me…

— Rashad Evans

Stuck in an unhappy marriage on the path to divorce, my father concluded that abortion should be the solution to the unplanned, unwanted pregnancy…

— Brett Cooper