“My dad was from Mississippi. We are from a really poor family. He died when I was ten. There’s a saying that my mom actually used to say to me when I was a kid, which is, 'A fatherless child thinks all things are possible and nothing is safe.'”— Anderson Cooper, amazon.com
“But Kenyon [Martin] and Carmelo [Anthony] carried two big burdens: all that money, and no father to show them how to act like a man. As you’ve read, I grew up in a safe suburban neighborhood, with both my parents. I had a second father in my college coach, the most moral, decent man I ever knew. And…”— George Karl, si.com
“It's true, you do not have a father in this world, and you're going to meet all sorts of people who say stupid things to you about that. Unfortunately, the eyes of most people are clouded and unable to see the truth, Yoshiya, but Our Lord, your father, is the world itself. You are fortunate to live…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com