409 Quotes About Parents-and-children

I am a divorced child, of divided, uncertain background. Within this division I - supposed fruit of their love - no longer exist. It happened nearly forty years ago, yet to me nothing is sadder than my parents' divorce.

-Sylvia Kristel

What parent can give to their children is the gift of daily prayer.

-Lailah Gifty Akita

The best way to teach a child is live an exemplary life.

-Lailah Gifty Akita

A child s a special possession from God.

-Lailah Gifty Akita

The day of birth is day of life.

-Lailah Gifty Akita

Most parents would willingly sacrifice their lives for their children, MaryAnn. There is no greater love.

-Christine Feehan

If parents don’t want to hear the truth, children learn not to speak it.

-Nikki Sex

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

-ilana Graf

  • Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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    It felt strange to call them directly, to hear her father’s “Hello?” after the second ring, and when he heard her voice, he raised his, almost shouting, as he always did with international calls. Her mother liked to take the phone out to the verandah, to make sure the neighbors overheard: “Ifem, how is the weather in America?

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It felt strange to call them directly, to hear her father’s “Hello?” after the second ring, and when he heard her voice, he raised his, almost shouting, as he always did with international calls. Her mother liked to take the phone out to the verandah, to make sure the neighbors overheard: “Ifem, how is the weather in America?

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 

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