#pare

My parents were very supportive when I was growing up and have been all the way through. ↗

#growing #growing up #i #parents #supportive

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#formed #individuals #intimates #our #parents

I prepared for the part by drinking, but I was sober when I was performing. ↗

— Nora Dunn

#i #part #performing #prepared #sober

Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hardest thing to accept. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#acceptance #age #always #around #attached

For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#house #inside #lived #parents #pillows

My kids are so much better parent than I was. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#i #kids #much #parent #than

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#comes #father #gentleness #how #i

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal. ↗