“Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“In great states, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents wanting to make men and women of them. In vile states, the children are always wanting to be men and women, and the parents to keep them children.”— John Ruskin, amazon.com
“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”— John Milton, en.wikiquote.org
“Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.”— E. B. White, amazon.com
“A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves.”— banksy, amazon.com
“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”— Alain de Botton, goodreads.com
“Both my mom and my dad have always included me in intelligent conversations about people, about characters, about how people work. My dad and my mom still read all scripts that I find interesting.”— Alicia Vikander, interviewmagazine.com
“The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.”— Douglas Kennedy, amazon.com
“A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves.”— banksy, amazon.com
“The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.”— Douglas Kennedy, amazon.com
“A teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents. They were appalled by his leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos, and pierced nose. Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and confessed their concern. "Dear," the mother said, "he doesn't seem very nice." "Oh please, Mom,…”— _Underwhelmed, reddit.com
“There was one special person I was determined to prove myself to. And that was my dad. My dad was tough on my brothers, but tougher on me because I was the baby of the family. Yes, I was a crybaby. My dad didn’t like the way my mother coddled me.”— Terrell Davis, usatoday.com
“Dad I hope you're looking down, smiling, and uttering the words, son, I’m proud of you.”— Terrell Davis, usatoday.com
“I'm so grateful you've been on this planet as long as you have. And I'm so proud to be able to call you Dad.”— Jesu, Sun Kil Moon, open.spotify.com
“People want to believe they know other people. Parents want to believe they know their kids. Wives want to believe they know their husbands.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“Being in a relationship is cool and all but have you ever decided to hang out with your Mom instead of your friends?”— Josh Peck, twitter.com