Parenting Quote by Pamela Druckerman

“My mother repressed a shudder of apprehension, for, being more rapid in perception than my father, she grew alarmed on his account over things…

— Marcel Proust

“Yet the French have managed to be involved without becoming obsessive. They assume that even good parents aren't at the constant service of their…

— Pamela Druckerman

“In those days my mother was given to the exasperating and mysterious habit of having babies.”

— James Baldwin

“(Note: Extreme sensibility of the French sometimes makes them difficult to deal with.)”

— E.M. Delafield

“Babies pay no attention to the clock.”

— Christina Baker Kline

“Motherhood means I’m always a little bit awake, a little bit alert at all times.”

— Shonda Rhimes

“On a slightly unconnected note, I am sorry to report that babies, as a collective species, are largely oblivious to my charms.”

— Amruta Patil

“I was supposed to stay for 3 months. But I think I always knew I would stay a little longer, despite the crazy Frenchies.…

— Vicki Lesage

“The French aren’t birthed; they’re hatched out of eggs. That’s why they make the best omelets.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Plus there was the standard French insult of ignoring your French and answering in English.”

— Glen Duncan

“He spoke that refined French in which our grandparents not only spoke bit thought...”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Of course I wanted to embarrass my children one day. Isn’t that why people had kids? Besides free labor, I mean.”

— Laurel Ulen Curtis