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The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, the second half by our children. ↗


— Clarence Darrow


#family #humor #parents #family

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids. ↗


— Stephen King


#humor #parents #family

One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that the old joys can re emerge fresh and new and in a completely different form. ↗


— Anne Fadiman


#kids #parenting #family

Oh, brothers and sisters, families can be forever! Do not let the lures [or the irritants] of the moment draw you away from them! Divinity, eternity, and family--they go together, hand in hand, and so must we! ↗


— Spencer W. Kimball


#parenthood #family

She wants you to be a god," I told him. "I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere. ↗


— Madeline Miller


#parents-and-children #family

He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't provided a better role for his daughter. He hadn't mapped out a story for his family. And so his daughter had chosen another story, a story in which she was wanted, even if she was only being used. In the absence of a family story, she'd chosen a story in which there was risk and adventure, rebellion and independence. ↗


— Donald Miller


#family

They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked through intelligently (though they have tried to stay equable). I've noticed this is often the time when children begin calling their parents by their first names, becoming little ironists after their parents' faults. What could be lonelier for a parent than to be criticized by his child on a first-name basis? ↗


— Richard Ford


#divorce #family #parents #family

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 children in the way they should go. ↗


— Charles Portis


#parents-and-children #parents-responsibility #raising-children #family

It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents' lives before I was born. ↗


— Robert Drewe


#parents #raising-children #family

I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest. ↗


— Josefina Vazquez Mota


#belong #candidate #different #groups #honest






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