My parents allowed their two sons to be individuals. My family was a wild and wonderful place, with lots of friends and neighbors visiting and talking loud and eating loud and nobody telling the children to be quiet or putting them down.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Once I said to my father, 'Why do you want me?' I still think that's the bravest thing I'... CHINA MIéVILLE Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD There is more to a boy than what his mother sees. There is more to a boy then what his father dreams... BEN BEHUNIN He wanted to argue like this forever. This was better than nothing. There was no exhausting his ange... DAVID DUCHOVNY Help your father As he ages And loses his strength For it was he who sheltered you RASSOOL JIBRAEEL SNYMAN She wants you to be a god," I told him. "I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in s... MADELINE MILLER What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking. DAVID PLOUFFE Am I alone in this mother-food connection or does being with your mom trigger the sudden and voracio... APRIL PAINE I’d have given any- thing to know how Mom and Dad were, but you can’t ask your parents such ques... BETH KEPHART My parents stood still. It was like we were on two separate islands. Mom and Dad were on one, and I ... JENELLE JACK PIERRE Parents, keep your children closer when they are young, because they will keep you closer when you'r... "BETA" METANI' MARASHI Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move a... PAULO COELHO As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time. NEIL GAIMAN We are respecting our parents' wishes....They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries... LEMONY SNICKET The Brady Bunch: The Complete Fourth Season AND CITY Everybody wonders what happens after you die[Carrie] I'm too busy wondering who's dinging my car in... 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I call them neighbors, friends, and famil... J. D. VANCE I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw ... ARTHUR MILLER He turns to the painting. "I fear Mark was right." "Who is Mark?" "A silly little boy who ... HILARY MANTEL You told me a love story. I honestly believe your parents wanted the best for you, but their love al... PAULO COELHO We're taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our chil... KATHRYN HARRISON No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the... MARGARET ATWOOD Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have o... JOHN BOYNE He heard the loud boat, heard a loud noise and then the boat was quiet, CASSIDY my father...there was never any mistaking his love for me. When I walked into the room, his eyes lit... ERIC RIPERT Kinder machen sich Phantasievorstellungen von ihren Vätern, formen sie sich nach ihren kindlichen B... SALMAN RUSHDIE Some years later, after Scott’s death, we came my father and I to the Field Museum, a long dismal ... WALKER PERCY But with all this said, wine was given to gladden the heart of man (Ps. 104:15), and one of the duti... DOUGLAS WILSON Not long after our final lesson, on one of our Sundays at the lake, my father and I were walking alo... ANNE MICHAELS I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly cont... CARRIE COON Who said Relationship doesn’t need afford is not at relationship at All. THANH LUU To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her amo... CASSANDRA WILSON I'll be visiting the schools and going into classrooms and talking with teachers and meeting the kid... ALAN GENOVESE They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on th... PHILIP GIBBS When children start putting together in their minds that Santa Claus may not be real, they'll ask qu... HELEN EGGER And though I had misgiving--obvious ones, too--one overwhelming thing drove me on: on the borderland... PETER GEYE If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I will not die. FRIEDL AND THE CHILDREN OF TEREZIN Remember that the bad days are not forever, and the trouble which seems so terrible at last. GEORGE ORWELL Did my father talk to me? It's true, he didn't say a lot to me, but I knew what had to be done. No n... TAHAR BEN JELLOUN Could it be? Samantha Kingston? Home? On a Friday?” I roll my eyes. “I don’t know. Did y... LAUREN OLIVER To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Because survival and love are the immortal truths of humankind, no generation is a total stranger to... KILROY J. OLDSTER They won’t turn away a father who has come to find his son. T.K. NALIAKA Hmm. Relationships between fathers and sons can be notoriously difficult, especially for two men who... LYNN AUSTIN Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face ... DOUGLAS MACARTHUR I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons a... SHIRLEY JACKSON If the voice was meant to be silent we wouldn't have ears for listening. VERONICA PURCELL If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my n... CHARLES PORTIS 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL I'll be visiting the houses of the British Parliament and will be staying with a Welsh family for fo... KATELYN MARESH One is worthy as a son when he removes all his father’s troubles. DADA BHAGWAN You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS The best way to destroy your enemies is to make them adopt your worldview BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA It's easier to have friends over for longer periods of time, because my parents can't hear and they'... LAUREN BOARDMAN Life is like a seesaw you can be up hi one minute then before you know it you can be down low the ne... GARY F EVANS... I have lots of friends and my true friends are family. MARIE MUHAMMAD Shaq pe hai yaqeen unko, Yaqeen pe hai shaq Mujhy..... .....Kis ka jhoot jhoot hai, K... VISHAL BHARADWAJ - HAIDER FILM “Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything... CARLOS CASTANEDA Everything has it's own time and place,
Transformation becomes effortless when we go with the flow. SHELLI THOMPSON Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI That's a great place to play in. It will be packed and it's going to be loud. EVAN WALTERS The miracle of children is that we just don’t know how they will change or who they will become. EILEEN KENNEDY-MOORE In the 1950s and 1960s, many parents were generally standoffish with their male children and acted a... EZEKIEL EMANUEL I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found i... BILL DRAYTON To me heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside t... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Because you don't get to choose your parents, , and at some point you realise that maybe your parent... MEGAN JACOBSON That was the standard. So it's hilariously loud. I'd rather listen to a loud record than a quiet one... STEVE ANDERSON Choose your words before talking SOTONYE ANGA Sitting down and sharing a meal together combines two of my favorite loves: eating great food and ta... HOMARO CANTU To be, or not to be: what a question! E.A. BUCCHIANERI I tried to go to sleep with my headphones still on, but then after a while my mom and dad came in, a... JOHN GREEN In parenting patience is the greatest virtue. ABHIJIT NASKAR Someone told me that their child was diagnosed with ADHD. They wanted to know how I handle the day t... BRENDA LOCHINGER It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of... DAWN FRENCH In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of... ROSIE PEREZ He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL I am a really quiet person. I just like to be with my children and my family and being home. I live ... MIGUEL COTTO Neighbors don't like it. But my children and their friends enjoy riding around my pond. We're not hu... JOEY SMITH Just that sons and fathers Are like mirrors and daughters are soft RICHARD L. RATLIFF “I believe the true measure of a man is not what my boss, friends, family or any person thinks, ju... ZACHARIAH B NOTTER Growing up, I didn't come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, san... AMOR TOWLES I want to be near my parents. I can also drive up the East coast and see family and friends. LINDA PENAFIEL Something wrong with your child? Feed them and put them to bed. Something wrong with your man? Feed ... SUSAN CARTWRIGHT That's how my family bonded - eating and telling stories. SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO A paisley's character can change with color. It can be loud or quiet, serene or adventurous, ornate ... CHRIS MADDEN
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