The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other.
Parents Quotes
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot – but I always found them.
We will never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.
I remember the time that I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.
We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves. When we first bend over the cradle of our own child, God throws back the temple door, and reveals to us the sacredness and mystery of a father’s and a mother’s love to ourselves. And in later years, when they have gone […]
Once when I was lost, I saw a policeman, and asked him to help me find my parents. I said to him, “Do you think we’ll ever find them?” He said,”I don’t know kid. There’s so many places they can hide.”
This is a free country. Within very broad limits, people may live as they wish. And yet, we believe that some ways of living are better than others. Better because they bring more meaning to our lives, to the lives of others, and to our fragile fallible human condition. Marriage and parenthood should be held […]
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
To come nearer yet, our own parents by their offences, indiscretion, and intemperance, are our mortal enemies. “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” They cause our grief many times, and put upon us hereditary diseases, inevitable infirmities: they torment us, and we are ready to injure our […]
If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
