1,263 Quotes About Parents

They both had enormous eyes, my father’s blue, my mother’s green, that expressed with great feeling what they frequently could not.

মেয়ে ভুল করলে তার মা-বাবা তাকে বকলে সেটা হয় 'শাসন', আর স্ত্রী ভুল করলে তার স্বামী তাকে বকলে সেটা হয় 'নারী নির্যাতন'! কেন? মা-বাবা মেয়ের নিরাপত্তার জন্য বকা দেন, ঠিক তেমনি স্বামীও তার স্ত্রীর ভালোর জন্যই বকা দেন, তাই না?

Not long ago, I told my son I love him so much that sometimes my chest fills up like it’s going to burst, and I have to take a deep breath. He responded, “That sounds like a medical condition.” Did I mention he’s a bit of a smart aleck?

Pernikahan tidak memutus hubungan anak dan orangtua. pernikahan hanya memberikan jarak privasi agar anak bisa makin dewasa dalam menangani hidupnya.

I regarded these requests as the fruits of a life well lived: our grown children actually wanted to be with us.

We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in...

...when it comes to defining adulthood, nothing has made me feel more grown-up than knowing that one of the two people in the world who loved me the most, without condition, was no longer in the world.

To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.

Don't even think about it. Who would have children. You have kids, they grow up, they hate you and you die.