“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.”
“My doctorate is in cyber security, tunneling and networks: How would one know there childrens data and information was hacked .... you probably wouldn t. dr.fisher.learn-edu.org”
“There is no sane explanation for parents.”
“Her papa called her chiacchere because he said she chattered away all day, just like a magpie. He had all sorts of funny names for her: fiorellina , my little flower; abelie , which meant honeysuckle; and topolina , my sweet little mouse. Margherita s mother only called her piccolina , my little one, or mia cara Margherita, my darling daisy.”
“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.”
“It’s funny… when you’re young you spend your life trying to convince yourself you’re not like your parents. And then, every now and then, you’ll do something a certain way, some mannerism, or you’ll say something. When our car broke down upstate, I remember I hit the wheel and said, ‘I’m not made of money!’ And I caught myself and thought, Gee, Louie, you just sounded like Pop. When you’re young and it happens, it drives you crazy. And then you live long enough, and it makes you smile a little.” He wipes a tear from his eyelashes with the back of his hand. “That’s a nice part of life,” he says.”
“My parents are humans too. This has been one of my greatest awakenings in adulthood: my parents being regular people, too. They have baggage and losses, grown up in imperfect homes with imperfect families just as I did. Life hasn’t been easy on either of them between the mixture of poor decisions and bad breaks; this world lacks perfection for us all.”
“La peor consecuencia de la vejez es que los demás invaden tu intimidad. Ya nadie respeta las manías, las costumbres, tu forma particular de hacer las cosas, desde la higiene a la organización del día. Alguien, con la intención de ayudar, se ocupa de ti. Pero ocuparse de ti es ocupar tu territorio íntimo. La independencia perdida de mi padre le transformó en un señor malhumorado. La incapacidad para valerse solo le enfrentó con los demás.”
“When i get into the best college in America, he is cutting radishes for dinner. I have just found out ten minutes ago. I am elated. He puts down the knife to shake my hand and then goes back to cutting radishes.”
“If your parents bring you no shame, be very grateful. If you re proud of them, celebrate.”
“It felt like so many years worth of anxiety and worry were trying to escape all at once—maybe like an emotional volcano, only my mom and dad, they didn t run away to save themselves but sprinted right into my lava.”
“Words of “unconditional love” defines as mothers love, respect your parents”
“n Dogter leer haarself deur die oë van n pa ken, het sy eenkeer gelees. Met n ma is daar soms n subteks. Maar n pa se oë is sag. Daar is geen verwagting nie, net aanvaarding.”
“Asiyefundishwa na wazazi wake atafundishwa na dunia kwa kudharaulika.”
“Each one of us has hated his or her parents at some point in early life … how quickly we turn around our feelings determines our extent of success.”
“Parents, teachers, and politicians should not be judged by their popularity.”
“Without confidence we feel insecure. We replay the doubting voices of our parents on a loop in our own minds.”