“The young, no doubt, make mistakes; but the old, when they try to think for them, make even greater mistakes.”
“Parents: so essential, yet sometimes like something you ve stepped in and cannot get off your shoe. What else is there but to love them?”
“Me: Meet my boyfriend, Ben! Parents: *showering us with condoms* HELLO! BOYFRIEND BEN!!! Ben: *launches self into the sun*.”
“Quando Pearl gli chiese cosa facessero i genitori tutto il giorno, Moody si strinse nelle spalle. «Be’, vanno a lavorare». A lavorare! Quando lo diceva sua madre suonava come una sfacchinata: servire ai tavoli, lavare i piatti, pulire i pavimenti. Dai Richardson quella parola aveva un che di nobile: facevano cose importanti.”
“I have tried to live my life in a way that would make my parents proud. With the publication of this book, I feel the memory of these resilient heroes will live on and be an example to the world. I am proud to be their son. I have a lot to live up to. Shlomo (Karen s husband)”
“I did love them. I loved them as anyone loves their parents. For better or worse, I was who I was because of them. And, right now, I was the guy who was going to play with dogs until the sun came up.”
“If you read many of my Middle Grade and YA book series, you would notice the common theme of how the main characters always choose to be good. That s because when you write for YA, as an author, you automatically become a person of authority. Be a good role model yourself as a YA author. Help teens grow up into responsible and good adults. YA Authors - Don t get accused of sexual harassment (like some authors) or of encouraging your teen readers to gang up on and bully /harass an author. I ve been the receiving end of that kind of behavior, and it is cyberbullying and harassment. Authors and anyone in a position of authority who encourage teens and kids to cyberbully another human being is not a good role model. Parents and Teachers should help their kids choose books and role models. When a teen has committed cyberbullying as a minor, but grows it, they can still be held accountable for that. In many states, cyberbullying is a crime. - Strong by Kailin Gow”
“No, nothing in this world is as oppressive and debilitating as blood ties. Any other relationship – be it friend, lover, wife; be it obligatory or constraining or difficult – is something one has consciously entered into at some point. Only one s ties with parents and siblings are formed at birth and are unbreakable.”
“Working for Master Mischief? This would be an act of sheer rebellion. Her parents would be livid if they ever found out. And it would be hilarious.”
“She is like a mathematical equation, always there and impossible to disprove.”
“Parents are living gods. They do everything to make their children happy and expect nothing in return.”
“I m Jack, short for Jacqueline [...] This is Jill, short for Jillian, because our parents should never have been allowed to name their own children.”
“We’re underground here — almost the whole colony is underground, safely shielded because radiation is not your friend. Every angle is calculated, every line efficient. I think my parents wish they could plan me just as carefully, no part of me without a purpose, no part of me wasted. Maximum return for their efforts.”
“Everything I was, everything I did, everything I am, was forged from the twins of their action and inaction.”
“You can t know a father. They re all magicians. Got two million years of strings and mirrors in their pockets.”
“He thinks giving your kids everything is what makes you a good parent. Like, Here s an Xbox, and by the way, I won t be able to make it to your birthday again. You can t buy your kid s love. He shakes his head, a sad, hollow laugh escaping him. But you wanna know the craziest part? I still want his approval.”
“Supportive parents, I tell you. I never thought they would get me killed before I graduated from high school.”