#par

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #especially #fulfill

I want to kiss you so very badly, Rose. But I can't. And its killing me" -Mr. Stone ↗

— Kate Bloomfield

#new-adult #paranormal #romance #love

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it. ↗

— George Benson

#doing #everyday #expect #get #i

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#experience #eye #firm #handshake #hiding

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#forward #means #move #must #participation

I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything. ↗

— David Wenham

#anything #earth #forget #i #memory

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#writing-craft #life

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#life #parenting #life

Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless. ↗

— Robert Casey

#been #our #party #powerless #voice

These girls probably use double negatives and watch "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" with their babies instead of reading Eric Carle. ↗

— Natalie Taylor

#sign-of-life #single-parenting #love