“What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?” IfsWorldFatherSubstanceSuspectsSenatorsAllegations Author:Kojo Annan
“I was born in North London in 1947. I didn't learn to read until I was almost 8-partly bad schooling, and partly I suspect slight dyslexic problems. My father, driven mad by this, taught me to read. At 9 I began writing.” WritingProblemFatherBornTaughtMadLondonDrivenSuspectsPartingSchoolingDyslexic Author:Tanith Lee
“I greatly doubt whether the men who become pirate chiefs are those who are filled with retrospective terror of their fathers, or whether Napoleon , at Austerlitz, really felt that he was getting even with Madame Mère. I know nothing of the mother of Attila , but I rather suspect that she spoilt the little darling, who subsequently found the world irritating because it sometimes resisted his whims.” KnowsMenWorldLittlesSometimesMotherFoundFatherFeltDoubtHe ManFilledTerrorChiefsSuspectsDarlingPirateWhimIrritatingRetrospectiveSpoilt Book:Power: A New Social Analysis Source: Power: A New Social Analysis
“Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect, even your mother won't detect it, no your father won't know. they think that I've got no respect but everything means less than zero.” ThinkingKnowsMeanMotherTurnsFatherTvsListeningSuspectsZeroNo RespectNo One ListeningLess Than Zero Author:Elvis Costello
“When I was little I knew my father had been an orphan and had lived in an orphanage. I was curious, but my father wouldn't satisfy my curiosity. He told only one story about the orphanage, and that was of sneaking out and buying candy, which he sold to other orphans. He said he had a pretty good business going - till he was busted! I guess he told that anecdote because he was the hero of it and I suspect he was rarely the hero as a child, more often the victim. There's a photo of the actual orphanage on my website, and you can see it's a forbidding looking place.” ChildrenLittlesSaidStoriesFatherHeroVictimCuriosityCuriousBuyingSuspectsCandyWebsiteOrphanAnecdotesGood BusinessOrphanageBustedSneaking Out Author:Gail Carson Levine
“When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband.” FatherLoversHusbandSuspectsBrides Book:Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage Source: Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage