“I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.” WayWantedFatherMy OwnDependent Author:Tamara Mellon
“I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. I don't remember any of his ladies being bookish. So I was entirely dependent on my schoolteachers for my early reading with the exception of The Wind in the Willows, which a stepmother read to me when I was in hospital.” BookEndsRememberReadingFatherWindGrewGrew UpDependentExceptionHospitalsHouseholdBoastStepmothersWind In The Willows Author:John le Carre
“Coming at twenty to his father's house, which was a very sink of filthy debauchery, he, chaste and pure as he was, simply withdrew in silence when to look on was unbearable, but without the slightest sign of contempt or condemnation. His father, who had once been in a dependent position, and so was sensitive and ready to take offense, met him at first with distrust and sullenness.” FirstsLooksFatherHouseSilencePositionReadyMetsPureTwentiesSensitiveDependentContemptOffenseDistrustUnbearableCondemnationFilthyChasteDebauchery Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky