2,493 Quotes About Father



  • Author Margaret Atwood
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    The sun goes down. The trees bend,they straighten up. They bend. At eight the youngest daughter comes.She holds his hand.She says, Did they feed you?He says no.He says, Get me out of here.He wants so much to say please,but won’t. After a pause, she says—he hears her say—I love you like salt.

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  • Author Trenton Lee Stewart
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    Milligan now acted as if he were the happiest man alive - and perhaps he was. Having so long ago exited his life as a father, he had now, at long last, entered it again.

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  • Author Fay Weldon
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    If you love the father of your child you feel he has given enough. If you don't love him all you want is his money.

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  • Author Kiran Manral
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    Heer’s eyes, flicker into something vaguely hostile before dying down into embers. The eyes they had both inherited from their father, copper when annoyed, bronze when emotional, honey when overflowing with happiness that would not be contained.

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