“How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out of their own emotions, attitudes, hands. And how many have only Polaroid pictures of their fathers.” PeopleKnowsHandsMotherFatherEmotionAttitudePaintingSonDaughterAbstractIntricateSon And DaughterPolaroids Book:At Large Source: At Large
“I don't think for this generation, but for my generation and my father's generation, men had difficulty in accessing emotion and then being able to talk about it.” ThinkingMenAbleFatherEmotionGenerationsDifficultyMy GenerationThis Generation Author:Liam Neeson
“My mother was the tough-as-nails disciplinarian who showed very little to no emotion. My father, on the other hand, was a study in contradiction. He was the fire, hell, and brimstone preacher, while also being incredibly gentle and forward thinking. I identify with him a lot.” ThinkingLittlesHandsMotherFatherEmotionHellStudyFireToughGentleContradictionPreacherNailsForward Thinking Author:Patricia Montandon
“The Time that Remains is a way of interpreting a certain ambience or emotion. These are the stories that my father told me over the course of fifteen or twenty years. I used to listen to him. From the cowardly part of my character, I'm always in fear of not telling the right story. I'm not interested in making epics.” WayYearsCharacterStoriesUsedCertainCoursesFatherEmotionTwentiesRemainsNot InterestedFifteenEpicCowardlyInterpretingAmbience Author:Elia Suleiman
“I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters. And that's where she allowed her fantasies to flourish. That's where she allowed her emotions to really evolve. And that's where she allowed herself to express herself really fully, and sometimes whimsically, very often romantically. And it really starts with her letters to her father, who is lifelong her primary love.” ThinkingWritingMeanSometimesFatherEmotionFantasyHabitComfortLettersIncrediblesPrimariesEvolveLifelongEleanor Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook