Parenting Quote by Richard Rodriguez

“This is the strange thing about life after university. It feels like you've just fallen off a conveyor belt of nonstop academic landmarks, and…

— Iain Hollingshead

“When I was a boy, my mother would tell me that one of the best things in life is the knowledge that our story…

— Renee Ahdieh

“That would make a fantastic college entrance essay. ‘I Killed My Boyfriend and Still Managed to Maintain a 4.2 GPA and the Lead in…

— Robin Benway

“Why not just tell my parents the boarding school thing wasn't working out, and go home? That offer had been on the table from…

— Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

“College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not—intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given me plenty…

— Nenia Campbell

“I hope people take away every kind of lesson, good and bad. This is a story about sacrifice, what you have to give up.…

— Maria Sharapova

“When you're in college you haven't had that much life. Parents, school, assorted youth activities—that's about it.”

— Martha Moody

“The boy admonished himself for wanting everything to be a story. And now realized that some journeys were not stories. On some journeys, nothing…

— Pete Hamill

“And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter, whose long battle with…

— Barack Obama

“School was finally out and I was standing on a picnic table in our backyard getting ready for a great summer vacation when my…

— Jack Gantos

“People grow up listening to all kinds of stories, but that doesn't mean they all want to spend their whole lives studying them.”

— Amy Reed

“It seems to me that childhood ends and adult life begins the moment you stop believing your parents can rescue you.”

— Julie Murphy