It does not always follow that good men are good fathers.

Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye, steal me awhile from mine own company.

—Unknown

Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.

—Unknown

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

—Unknown

Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.

—Unknown

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

—Unknown

It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of his life on you.

—Ogden Nash

The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.

—Mark Twain

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

This is part of the essence of motherhood, watching your kid grow into her own person and not being able to do anything about it. Otherwise children would be nothing more than pets.

—King Edward VIII

That's sort of a cliche about parents. We all believe that our children are the most beautiful children in the world. But the thing is, what no one really talks about is the fact that we all really believe it.

—Jill Churchill