397 Quotes About Fathers

They are always so quiet," he said, turning to Papa. "So quiet.""They are not like those loud children people are raising these days, with no home training and no fear of God," Papa said, and I was certain that it was pride that stretched Papa's lips and lightened his eyes."Imagine what the Standard would be if we were all quiet." It was a joke. Ade Coker was laughing; so was his wife, Yewanda. But Papa did not laugh. Jaja and I turned and went back upstairs, silently.

When Enebeli Okwara sent his girl out in the world, he did not know what the world did to daughters. He did not know how quickly it would wick the dew off her, how she would be returned to him hollowed out, relieved of her better parts.

Daughters are never of so much consequence to a father.

It is a known fact that every man's heart is set on having a daughter.

But fathers always thought their youngest daughters were rather special

Daughters aren’t trash you can toss away, Dad. I had to deal with the mess you left.

If you ever have a daughter—a blessing I wouldn't wish on anyone, because it's Murphy's Law that sooner or later she will break your heart—anyhow, as I was saying, if you ever have a daughter, you'll begin, without realizing it, to divide men into two camps: those you suspect are sleeping with her and those you don't. Whoever says that's not true is lying through his teeth.

My father, that silhouette, a form comprised of all I did notknow, a shape filled with rain. "Whenever I asked, she'd say, 'Youhad no father. I'm your father. You sprang full-blown from myforehead, like Athena.

When you're a dad, there's no one above you. If I don't do something that has to be done, who is going to do it?