“I'm 23. It can't be about how much they screwed us up anymore.”— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com
“I'm not my dad. You hear me? I'm not my fucking dad!”— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com
“She knows how judgemental mothers are, how good it feels to sit in judgement of someone else.”— Shari Lapena, amazon.com
“His parents know him better than anyone else. They can tell when he has a temporary girlfriend or one who is wife material. If his parents, or yours for that matter, have ever made a comment that seemed like they were talking about the two of you getting married there is a good chance he is going to…”— Marie Bloom, girlterest.com
“A son is a son until he takes him a wife; a daughter is a daughter for all of her life.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“When you have children, you always have family. They will always be your priority, your responsibility. And a man, a man provides. And he does it even when he’s not appreciated or respected or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he’s a man.”— Gus Fring, Giancarlo Esposito, amazon.com
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“I imagine giving someone such a gift and then having it returned. Parents are always giving things that are not taken.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby—awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“My parents won't say which of their six kids they love the best, but they have told me I finished just out of the top five.”— Conan O'Brien, twitter.com
“Oh my God. I've become my father. I've been trying so hard not to become my mother, I didn't see this coming.”— Rachel Green, amazon.com
“Taking my kids to see 'Magic Mike XXL' tonight. Don't know what it's about, but my kids are crazy about magic!”— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com
“I used to like people more, but now I have children and that changes your life in a lot of ways. Like you spend time with people you never would have chosen to spend time with, not in a million years. I spend whole days with people, I’m like, ‘I never would have hung out with you. I didn’t choose yo…”— Louis CK, splitsider.com
“Because of my father, I know not to settle for less than I deserve. He has taught me age is no barrier and that I should set the pace of my own life.”— Nuzi Jahan, elitedaily.com
“Don't ever have children, Tyler, unless you're ready to be afraid everyday for the rest of your life.”— Joe Hill, amazon.com
“There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.”— Amit Ray, amazon.com
“When parents say to kids go to ur room & think about what you've done it's really good practice for what you'll do every night as an adult.”— Pat Tobi, twitter.com