Father Quote by Pat Conroy

“Every night after dinner he honed this skill of enduring a dull thing that brought a parent pleasure. It seemed to him a lifesaving…

— Jonathan Franzen

“Through some happy accident of heredity he had escaped his father's tediousness, while retaining a little of his mother's jolly high spirits and humor.…

— William Styron

“His body was as powerful as ever, looking as strong and exciting and cut as it did in my fantasies. He owned me in…

— Cara McKenna

“I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man’s talents than…

— Conn Iggulden

“Everything you do must be in pursuit of pleasure.”

— Skye Warren

“He imagined this must be what fatherhood felt like, just without all the gross parts, and the aftercare, and most of the other parts…

— Bella Forrest

“The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and pain.”

— Dante Alighieri

“My father had been disgusted and heartsick over the fact that I wanted to act. Thought it a silly profession closely allied to street-walking.”

— Katharine Hepburn

“The idea of a slow approach to the luxury of leisure drove him wild. He was, of course, progressing toward it, but, like a…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“At times he heard within him a soft, gentle voice, which reminded him quietly, complained quietly, so that he could hardly hear it. Then…

— Hesse, Hermann

“...went into convulsions of pleasure at the sight of him.”

— Ferrol Sams

“One of the reasons dad was so pleased was because it did something to her.”

— Ian Cross