409 Quotes About Parents-and-children
- Author Celeste Ng
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Mia held her for a moment, buried her nose in the part of Pearl's hair. Every time she did this, she was comforted by how Pearl smelled exactly the same. She smelled, Mia thought suddenly, of home, as if home had never been a place, but had always been this little person whom she'd carried alongside her.
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- Author Banana Yoshimoto
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I have these two different images of her etched into my memory: one as this idealized mother, and the other as a sort of pressure weighing down on me - obsessive, feminine love.
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- Author Tara Westover
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I believed then--and part of me will always believe--that my father's words ought to be my own.
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- Author Glyncora Murphy
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And if one day there's distanceBetween your hand and mine,When our hands join once again,My heart and soul will shine.
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- Author Mwanandeke Kindembo
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At birth your parents give you a name which they like. A real name is the one which doesn’t have any meaning behind it. If it does then you represent a thing and not a person.
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- Author Jess C. Scott
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The words marriage and divorce were always used together, like they went hand in hand together.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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A child of God, special possession.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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Life begins at the day of birth. Birthday is a great day of honour.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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Isn’t it wonderful to give birth to your own kind?
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