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“That's the thing about parents. They ask what you think, but they don't really care, or at least they don't care enough to let it affect the outcome.”

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Book:The Before Now and After Then

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“He had been searching for it his entire life. He had devoted himself to poetry to find it. Now, in the middle of his life, he found it. It was in the face of the love of his life, his daughter. She who had never blushed before, now blushed. And in that blushing, he knew, was the existence of God. That was the day her father learned what God was. God was pure beauty, God was his daughter’s face when she blushed.”

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Author:Roman Payne

“O young girl, throw yourself again into the water so that I might have a second time the chance to save the two of us!" A second time, eh, what imprudence! Suppose, dear sir, someone actually took our word for it? It would have to be fulfilled. Brr...! the water is so cold! But let's reassure ourselves. It's too late now, it will always be too late. Fortunately!”

Death Salvation Selfishness Irony

Book:The fall

Source: The fall

“Of course, to be fair, that was a parent's job. The world was so full of sharp bends that if they didn't put a few twists in you, you wouldn't stand a chance of fitting in.”

Humor Parents Discworld

Author:Terry Pratchett

“Children imitate their parents, employees their managers.”

“There was no point in telling my father. He'd never let me quit after only one day. He couldn't help me and he'd make some terrible blunder if he tried. Parents are too innocent for the Boschian landscapes of middle school.”

Parents Middle School

Book:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

“From something as simple as what goes in to a good meatloaf to the not so simple - religion, culture, how you should vote, every damn thing you think or believe, your reactions, your behavior - were partially shaped by who and what your parents were.”

Parents Shaping

Book:Deadline

Source: Deadline

“Of course our most important role as a parent is to have our children know that they are loved and worthy. Even more importantly, it's to help them discover, and fan the flames of whatever it is that they are enthusiastic about!”

Inspirational Children Self Esteem Parenting Enthusiasm Parents Parents And Children Enthusiastic Important Issues Discovery Of Oneself

Author:Steve Karagiannis

“Is that what love is all about? Needing them to come back to you when they're away? To come home and keep you safe?”

Love Children Family Parents Parents And Children Family Relationships

Author:Wally Lamb We Are Water

“I write to get ideas out of my head”

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Author:Bobbi Kay

“But Dad looked delighted. "My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?”

Pride Parents Parents And Children Paternal Pride

Book:If I Stay

Source: If I Stay

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