#pare

You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#parents #respect #respect

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. ↗

— Mark Twain

#cannot #happen #nothing #today

You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#blaming #cards #dealt #did #failures

I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#blueprints #child #definitely #dreams #enabled

Kids today are technologically sophisticated. In many families, they are far ahead of their parents. ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#families #far #kids #many #parents

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#freedom #human #human life #i #i wish

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#approach #good #good guys #guys #i

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks. ↗

— Aisha Tyler

#celery #clothes #cool #giant #i

My characters are often without a significant parental figure. ↗

— Jamie Bell

#figure #often #parental #significant #without

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough. ↗

— Lisa Gardner

#love