Parenting Quote by Robin Hobb

“She stood by the bed and stroked her father's hand, knowing how desperately afraid he must feel at this moment. He'd always prided himself…

— Hillary Jordan

“So he left her, because in his heart he feared that she was a woman with a divided nature—and he did not realize that…

— Philippa Gregory

“By degrees, he joins that sorry legion of passive men who abandon their children in order to placate their second wives.”

— Ian McEwan

“At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressive as a lover, had tried…

— Aminatta Forna

“She saw this frail man—her father—in a new light now. But more than that, she was relieved. Relieved that she was not being dumped…

— Neil D'Silva

“Never in her life had she beheld his equal in form, strength, or grace, but it wasn’t just the unexpected sight of him. He…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“She found herself suddenly surrounded by a host of assumptions. It was assumed that she trembled for joy in his presence, languished in his…

— Vita Sackville-West

“It's not being a woman I mind so much," she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life." She leaned…

— Barbara Samuel

“supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were…

— Jane Austen

“When she was not persuading him that he was, like all men without a woman in their lives, utterly helpless, she indulged in an…

— Alanna Knight

“He was unique to her among men because he’s impressed her as being not her admirer her superior. In some mysterious way he was…

— George Eliot

“I had merely announced to her my intention of keeping a man-servant,”

— Charles Dickens