Dad Quote by R.J. Palacio

“I realized Dad was no long talking.”

— Katrina Kahler

“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 think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not…

— Raquel Cepeda

“Within a week or two the calm returned between us, but something was missing. Dad could feel it, too. The first casualty of distrust,…

— Ryan Knighton

“(Dad) could not abide us feeling sorry for ourselves. Life was far too good for us to whine about small things. It was selfish,…

— Jean Kennedy Smith

“I won't have dull people, she used to say, I'm dull myself.”

— Francis Hodgson Burnett

“I must make sure I’m not around when Dad gets that.”

— Tim Collins

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

— Derrolyn Anderson

“And your father?” “You already met him. You must have impressed him considerably. He said if I bungled this, he was going to demote…

— K.M. Shea

“My father had never spoken of goodness this way before. It disarmed me.”

— André Aciman

“My father was a very great man. I will never forget the last thing he ever said to me. Nor will I ever repeat…

— John S. Hall

“If you live long enough as a parent, you discover that you have made mistakes you didn't bother to know about as well as…

— Alice Munro