62 quotes found
“Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example.”
“I walked out of his room sure I'd said the right thing maybe not as a father but as a Dad. I'd said the right thing, for once in my life.”
“She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew this before she did.”
“At this moment, I know that the answer has to be yes. I am defeated. By my own father. How Darth Vader.”
“He was supposed to be the first man to tell her that she was beautiful and help her determine who she was before anyone had the opportunity to label her. She was supposed to be his little girl.”
“Emma stared at the ceiling of the hotel room. Her thoughts went over every memorial, each picture, the families and children left behind. At this point it was a nightly routine. Some people counted...”
“Live your life. Be happy as you can be, let go of the things that don't matter, and fight.”
“I've survived revolution, war, and over a decade on this continent," the Burgrave reflected. "But by all the ghosts of the hundred emperors, I think fatherhood will finally do me in.”
“Dad, despite the fact you can be a right grumpy bastard, I’m so incredibly grateful to have you in my life.”
“I don’t remember his face or the place we ate. I only remember how he grabbed my hand and his voice when he spoke of his dad.”
“If you love your dad, it’s tough when he dies. If you don’t like your dad, it’s tough when he dies. Because you lose that guy. Whatever you didn’t get, you miss. And what you did get, you miss.”
“Was it too much to expect the rest of the world to care about grammar or pay attention to details?”
“She didn’t want to keep talking about him as if everything was okay. Worst of all, she hated sorting through his mail. Reading the hatred people had for her family and worse, reading how others imm...”
“As I enlarged my vision to see the bigger picture of my dad’s full life, I was better able to let go of being stuck in memories of its end.”
“Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is nece...”
“We’re gonna do like Posh and Becks and call it after the place it was conceived.”“Where’s that?” I asked.“King of Prussia.”
“In his imagination, he grabbed his dad by the throat and squeezed until an old mans face turned purple. No pleading, no begging, simply... nothing.”
“He touched the screen as if trying to reach through with his hand. "You're a wonderful young lady. I don't tell you that often enough. You remind me so much of your mother. She'd be proud. And Gran...”
“My dad’s life was magnificent, but only if I let myself see and remember more than his years of decline.”
“My father looked as if I’d just gutted him, and I felt a pang of regret—but it was mingled with a twisted sense of satisfaction. It felt good to hurt his feelings—it was payback for the way his cho...”
