“Assuming that every relationship between a parent and child will last a lifetime is as simplistic as assuming every couple will never split up.”— Catherine Saint Louis, nytimes.com
“You know, losing the parent you've had a terrible relationship with can be harder than losing someone that you had a good one with, especially if you haven't made an effort toward closure.”— Annie Weisman, Sarah Lane, Michelle Monaghan, imdb.com
“I mean, nothing in my life makes sense anymore. My parents are a mess. Everything's just ripped apart. I found someone that I loved and I lost her. And I just thought that this night would I don't know, being out here in the dark If I could survive this, then maybe I'd wake up somewhere or pass thro…”— Annie Weisman, Hawk Lane, Kyle Allen, imdb.com
“Me: *texting from across the country* I bet you can't wait for me to get home. Wife: You're coming back?”— James Breakwell, twitter.com
“Wife: Did you ever give a prize to your one millionth follower? Me: I let them read my tweets for free. Wife: Oh. So you punished them.”— James Breakwell, twitter.com
“Wife: What's wrong? Me: If reindeer only live where it snows, why aren't they called snow deer? Wife: I don't know why I talk to you.”— James Breakwell, twitter.com
“7-year-old: Why are we opening our Christmas presents early? Me: I make the rules, not the calendar. 7: Me: Mom said it was okay.”— James Breakwell, twitter.com
“And I am a certified amateur psychologist.”— Marta Kauffman, Howard J. Morris, Frankie Bergstein, Lily Tomlin, imdb.com
“George, we've had it with you. Understand? We love you like a son, but even parents have limits.”— Spike Feresten, Frank Costanza, Jerry Stiller, imdb.com
“As much as I'd like to see the two of you living it up in a warm, tropical setting, I, I would just miss you too much. So I've decided I want you to stay.”— Peter Mehlman, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“You should've seen her face. It was the exact same look my father gave me when I told him I wanted to be a ventriloquist.”— Tom Leopold, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“Parents never forget a foul-up. I once left a jacket on the bus when I was fourteen. Last week I'm flying to Chicago to do a show, ‘Make sure you hang on to your jacket.’”— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“Fun fact: You’ve known your parents your entire life, but they’ve only known you a fraction of theirs.”— Cassey Ho, twitter.com
“You always think that a bolt of lightning is going to strike and your parents will magically change into the people you wish they were or back into the people they used to be. But they’re never going to. And even though you know they’re never going to, you still hope they will.”— Nora Ephron, books.google.com
“Alcoholic parents are so confusing, they're your parents, so you love them. But they're drunks, so you hate them. But you love them, but you hate them. They have moments when they're still the people you grew up idolizing. They have moments when you can't imagine they were anything but monsters. And…”— Nora Ephron, books.google.com
“Cozie could be cold-blooded. Even though my name, "Jamesetta," was formed from "James" (her husband) and "Cozetta," she didn't want to adopt me. She thought I'd hurt her business.”— Etta James, amazon.com
“But whose child was I? The question was there when I was born. It's still there. The question haunts me, worries me, troubles my sleep. You wouldn't think it would matter after all this time, but it does. Something deep inside me needs to know.”— Etta James, amazon.com
“People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.”— Sam Taylor-Wood, dailymail.co.uk