"My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless."

Family, Neglect, Loss, Resentment

30

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless."

Exlpore more Family quotes

"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Family, Mothers, Nations

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Mother, Center, Surrounds

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Support, Love, Caring

"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

John Green, American Author

Family, Honesty, Respect, Truth

"My mother is my friendWho shares with me her breadAll my hopelessness cured!Her company makes me secured!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Family, Mother, Love, Support, Friendship

"All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

Family, Childhood, Trifles, Years

"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died-what I call your 'spiritual security'-knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Love, Security, Support

"Children are great observers."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Children, Observers, World, Innocence

"My mama is my feeding bottle... She never goes empty no matter how deep I sip! Thank you mum!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Family, Mother, Love, Appreciation

"Have you ever observed that when a man gets a son he takes all the credit, and when he gets a daughter he blames his wife? And if they do not breed at all, we say it is because her womb is barren. We do not say it is because his seed is bad."

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Family, Gender, Bias, Injustice, Blame

Explore more quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

"Never fight an inanimate object."

Fight

"The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics."

Politics

"There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring."

Society

"We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has to do with urban sprawl. What began as pleasure ends up in necessity, as so many things do."

Lifestyle

"People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'"

Politics

"I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom."

Humor

"If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas."

Science

"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power."

Love

"Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly."

Family

"You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke."

May