1,263 Quotes About Parents

  • Author Terri Apter
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    ... you may seek out a partner who psychologically resembles your mother and found that you have walked right back into a difficult relationship. Perhapse you chose to be close to someone who turns out to be as volatile as your mother and who inflicts discomfort all too familiar to you. Or perhaps gradually, over time, your partner or close friend becomes like your mother; that may be because you unconsciously behave in ways that encourage others to treat you as your mother did.

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  • Author Megan Jean Sovern
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    I sulked into the living room and sat on the couch with my back turned away from the enemies who said they were my parents. I mean how could I know for sure if they were my real parents? I didn't have any concrete proof they weren't Russian spies. So what if they couldn't speak Russian. Maybe they were THAT good.

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  • Author Peter Taylor
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    But maybe it was only that Father was thinking that he must arrive in Memphis with the entire family household intact if he was to make a new go of things...He did enter so, and perhaps that is what sustained him in the years immediately afterward, sustained him and in some degree destroyed the rest of us.

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  • Author Laleh Khadivi
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    I like parents, old-school, old-world parents. So real. Just think of all they've seen in their lives. They were born in another world and now they can watch it on Google maps. So much change for a single soul to see.

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  • Author Susan Forward
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    I also believe that forgiveness is appropriate only when parents do something to earn it. Toxic parents, especially the more abusive ones, need to acknowledge what happened, take responsibility, and show a willingness to make amends. If you unilaterally absolve parents who continue to treat you badly, who deny much of your reality and feelings, and who continue to project blame onto you, you may seriously impede the emotional work you need to do.

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