Quotes about Parenthood

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A boy, if he's lucky, discovers his limitations across a leisurely passage of years, with a self-awareness arriving slow — Ron Suskind, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
You raise them half-decent, and they grow up and leave. They move to Miami or California-- someplace with gourmet grocer — Michael Lee West, American Pie
Her mother admonished through closed lips, the sound a mother can make mean anything from "pick up your socks" to "we ar — Thomm Quackenbush, Danse Macabre (Night's Dream, #2)
Emma, Emma, Emma," I said, wishing I could somehow teach her to take the smaller blows of life in her stride. — Jane Hamilton, A Map of the World
That night I experienced one of those sudden, unpleasant shifts of perception that occur to parents, when you notice a d — Dorothy Johnston, The Trojan Dog
But the truth is, there's little even the most organized people can do to prepare themselves for having children. They c — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
These stories depressed me. Love ruined people's lives, the way our parents said drugs could. — Mona Simpson, Casebook
It’s certainly TOUGH being AWESOME all the time, but I do it so the kids have someone to look up to! — Tanya Masse
The door was flung open. Maurice Duplay filled it; energetic master, shirt- sleeves rolled up. He threw out his arms, th — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
I kept glancing at her animated face, scrunched up as though imitating an adult. I got hit with that overwhelming feelin — Harlan Coben, The Woods
I was into third guesses with Theo and Maddy. Anyway, that's one of the reasons I opted to buythe van and drive cross-co — Nora Roberts, The Villa
I don't know why I wanted a girl,' he says, as if to himself. 'I mean, I wouldn't swap Louis, but when they said, 'It's — Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Martin Amis Interview
Forget Batman: when I really thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wanted to be my dad. — Paul Asay, God on the Streets of Gotham: What the Big Screen Batman Can Teach Us about God and Ourselves
Why did you do it? Give up everything to raise another man's son?'His father did look up at that. 'I didn't raise anothe — Courtney Milan, The Heiress Effect
It is not true that "love is not love which alters when it alteration finds." Love alters all the time; it is fluid, in — Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Parenthood wasn’t about blood or biology, he found; it was about a joyful willingness to give yourself over, to subordin — Lisa Unger, Heartbroken
We made mistakes trying to correct mistakes. Isn't that how we knew we were parents? — The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Where did the bonds of maternity end? All children grew up, changed, became somebody else. Parents who trembled that the — Nancy Kress, Brain Rose
Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thin — Michael Gerson
If coupling should but make us whole / And of the selfsame mind and soul, / Then couple let's in celebration; / We have — N. Scott Momaday, In The Presence of The Sun: Stories and Poems