Parenting Quote by Tim O'Rouke

“I wanted to die. Where were my parents to take me in their arms, to reassure me?”

— Marjane Satrapi

“Weird it showed it me that when I've had so many other awful things happen directly to me," I said beginning to tick them…

— Rachel Hawkins

“I was a girl, I learned, who got what she wanted, but not without sadness, not without cutting a swath of destruction so wide…

— Anton DiSclafani

“My parents walked around me on tiptoe, afraid of hurting me. But I knew how disappointed they were. All of a sudden the daughter…

— Haruki Murakami

“What is it with these people? They are more obsessed with me finding a girlfriend than I am. "He's concentrating on his studies," says…

— J.A. Buckle

“I never thought I'd die alone. Another six months I'll be unknown. Give all my things to all my friends. You'll never set foot…

— Blink-182

“And then it finally did happen. I just lay there in shock. It hurt so bad, and I thought, “God, please, let me die.”…

— Lisa Pulitzer

“The girl's still unconscious. I'm surprised you didn't kill her.' 'These miniature versions have parents. And parents ask questions.”

— Terrance Dicks

“My mother picked me up in her arms, touching my checks comforting my distress. I stared into her eyes and held her hair in…

— Joseph McGinnis

“I mean , I never even had to really come out to my parents. They always knew, and it was always okay. Or not…

— Julie Buxbaum

“At first i thought you were one of the human students, when you'd told me about your parents i thought they'd killed your real…

— Claudia Gray

“She came out of the bathroom a couple of minutes later, holding five sticks in one hand. She stared at them, horrified, like they…

— S.C. Stephens