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“He was supposed to be the first man to tell her that she was beautiful and help her determine who she was before anyone had the opportunity to label her. She was supposed to be his “little girl”.”

Book:The Reaper's Daughter

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“Do you miss him?' I take a moment to consider the question, my fingers fiddling with the white pegs in the little tray on my lap. 'I think I miss the idea of him. I don't miss his rules or the yelling or the way he'd belittle us. I don't miss his drinking or the rages, but I miss having a dad, you know?' 'What about your mum?' I smile sadly. 'We talk, but only occasionally. She left Dad when I was little, which I totally get. He isn't the easiest person to live with...”

Fathers And Daughters Daddy Issues

Book:The Accidental Life Swap

Source: The Accidental Life Swap

“How did we turn out the way we did when such horrible men raised us?" I wonder aloud. "Because we are not our fathers. We saw what evil looked like, and we knew we wanted to be different.”

Daddy Issues Alosa Riden

Book:Daughter of the Siren Queen

Source: Daughter of the Siren Queen

“For me you took on the enigmatic quality that all tyrants have whose rights are based on their person and not on reason. At least so it seemed to me.”

Kafka Daddy Issues He S Just Like Me Fr I Love Kafka

Book:Letter to His Father

Source: Letter to His Father

“Consistent, Timely encouragement has the staggering magnetic power to draw an immortal soul to the God of Hope. The one whose name is Wonderful Counselor.”

Hope

Author:Charles Swindall

“Only mothers can conceive a child. Only mothers can physically give birth to a child. Only mothers can breast feed. Everyone recognizes the uniqueness of motherhood. Everyone knows that mothers are irreplaceable. But as a student of nature, I know that everything is in balance. So it is also true that fathers are superior to mothers in some ways and there are unique ways that fathers can love children and lead children that mothers simply are not capable of. And ultimately, everything balances out - mothers and fathers are equally important to children.”

Parenting Motherhood Fatherhood Fathers Day Fathers Daddy Issues Dads

Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The ninth Earl of Ellesmere had his chin thrust out as far as it would go, but the defiant look in his eye was tempered with a certain doubt as he intercepted Jamie’s cold blue gaze. Jamie set the horse’s hoof down slowly, just as slowly stood up, and drawing himself to his full height of six feet four, put his hands on his hips, looked down at the Earl, three feet six, and said, very softly, “No.”

Daddy Issues Jamie Fraser Standoff

Book:Voyager

Source: Voyager

“Emma stared at the ceiling of the hotel room. Her thoughts went over every memorial, each picture, the families and children left behind. At this point it was a nightly routine. Some people counted sheep. Emma counted her father’s victims. One by one.”

Dad Victim Family Relationships Serial Killers Daddy Issues

Book:The Reaper's Daughter

Source: The Reaper's Daughter

“Her mother told her once that her father was sick. That the sickness made him do it. She made it seem logical. As if he was lying in a hospital bed with cancer rather than rotting in a prison cell for rape and murder.”

Crime Dad Sickness Family Relationships Serial Killers Daddy Issues Rape Culture Murder

Book:The Reaper's Daughter

Source: The Reaper's Daughter

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