Parents Quotes

They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to.

When I was born, the doctor came into the waiting room and said to my father, “I’m sorry. We did everything we could, but he pulled through.”

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other.

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot – but I always found them.

We will never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

I remember the time that I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

To my deep mortification my father once said to me, “You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family.”