673 Quotes About Parenthood

Many a night I woke to the murmer of paper and knew (Dad) was up, sitting in the kitchen with frayed King James - oh, but he worked that book; he held to it like a rope ladder.

If I had to do it all again, I would still want my same daughter and two sons; through laughter, tears, prayers, and blessings.

Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

Worry not that your child listens to you; worry most that they watch you.

There's a Drunk Midget in My HouseAh, babies! They're more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts. Like most people who have had one baby, I am an expert on everythiing and will tell you, unsolicited, how to raise your kid!

The sound of her breathing reminded me, as it so often did, of how vulnerable she was. And how vulnerable we were because of how much we loved her. The fear - that something could happen to her at any moment, something I'd be helpless to stop - had become so omnipresent in my life that I sometimes pictured it growing, like a third arm, out of the center of my chest.

Scratch a female inmate, I've discovered, and you'll usually find a girl whose mother had terrible taste in men.

I said that additionally, since I was planning to nurse, it be best if you were off the breast before I came back to work. My boss just looked at me dreamily and said, 'That won't be for sixty years, at least.