Goldfish get big enough only for the bowl you put them in. Bonsai trees twist in miniature. I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. —Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why do men like me want sons?" he wondered. "It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who are their blood, will do the things they were not strong enough nor wise enough nor brave enough to do. It is rather like another chance at life; like a new bag of coins at a table of luck after your fortune is gone. —John Steinbeck, Cup of Gold More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When the stuff with hormones and girls and cars and beers began, Harry wanted out of fatherhood. —John Updike, Rabbit Is Rich More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that — a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest. —Debra Ginsberg More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown. —Adrienne Rich More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Having kids did not fix me. I was not somehow more whole, less botched-up, or more certain just because I had a kid. . . . I was still me, with all my holes and problems and questions — only now I was also exhausted and had a lot more laundry to do. —Jerusalem Jackson Greer More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. —Harold S. Hulbert More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Maybe . . . children just want whatever it is they don't get. And then they grow up and give their children what they wanted, be it silence or information, affection or independence — so that child, in turn, craves something else. —Laura Moriarty More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. —Frederick Douglass More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm. —Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Your mother and I have been a complete failure financially but if the boys turn out to be good and useful citizens nothing else matters and we know this is happening so why not be jubilant? —LeRoy Pollock, in a letter to his son, painter Jackson Pollock More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children, the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best, after all. —Dr. Benjamin Spock More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Like most people who have had one baby, I am an expert on everything and will tell you, unsolicited, how to raise your kid. —Tina Fey More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Having a baby is like suddenly getting the world's worst roommate, like having Janis Joplin with a bad hangover and PMS come to stay with you. —Anne Lamott More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email