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“So I'll send my parents money, and maybe they can get a bigger place, too. They can even relax when they're older, the way they deserve to. Without having to worry about how they're going to surviv...”
“I met this boy here who I knew as a kid and his mum left him with a pedophile for two weeks when he was eight years old and I'm presuming you know everything there is to know about Jonah's father, ...”
“If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors. I hope and pray that all you parents in the sound of my voice will train up your childr...”
“His parents pregnancies must have been all-out chromosomatic war”
“Its funny when youre young you spend your life trying to convince yourself youre not like your parents. And then, every now and then, youll do something a certain way, some mannerism, or youll say ...”
“If your parents bring you no shame, be very grateful. If you're proud of them, celebrate.”
“Surprise was not when i thanked my parents. Surprise came when they said, "What for"?”
“Parents, teachers, and politicians should not be judged by their popularity.”
“Is there a magical time when children become parents to their parents?”
“Is there a magical age when children become parents to their parents?”
“My parents have lived longer than most and have expected very little. We have been blessed in too many ways to count.”
“He saw what they either couldn't see or couldn't allow themselves to see, and that only made him more pissed, because being less stupid than one's parents is repulsive, like taking a gulp from a gl...”
“Do you have kids?" Anna asks.I laugh. "What do you think?""It's probably a good thing," she admits. "No offense, but you don't exactly look like a parent."That fascinates me. "What do parents look ...”
“Mrs. Bird smiled at me as I arrived at her side. "They can surprise us, can't they, our parents? The things they got up to before we were born.""Yes," I said. "Almost like they were real people once.”
“Her father had admired her mother without ever truly understanding her. And her mother--her mother had relied on her father without appreciating him. There had been a gulf between them that couldn'...”
“How to advise parents for being successful in raising children stillremains an important unsolved problem.”
“The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.”
“Words of unconditional love defines as mothers love, respect your parents”
“I'm sorry. For all of us. Sorry for all the little ways the people who were supposed to love us most could hurt us so deeply, despite their shared heritage and blood, as thought their knowledge of ...”
“Our parents are always an important part of our inner life.”
