#parents

For the last four years of her life, Mother was in a nursing home called Chateins in St. Louis ... [S]ix months before she died I sent a Mother's Day card. There was a horrible, mushy poem in it. I remember feeling "vaguely guilty. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#mothers #neglect #old-age #parents #sentimentality

Going to your set with the headphones on in the middle of the night so that your parents don't know what you're doing when you're supposed to be asleep is great. I was rocking the bedroom. That was so much more fun when I got the 1200s. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#bedroom #doing #fun #going #got

I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents. ↗

— David Keith

#first #first time #had #i #life

Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#back #cuba #europe #forgotten #grandparents

My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My Father!' I'd never given acting a thought. They were proud of me and very encouraging. ↗

— David Krumholtz

#conversations #crazy #encouraging #father #found

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents. ↗

— Beryl Markham

#forgiveness

If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child. ↗

— Laura Linney

#guide #need #parents #someone #two

My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans. ↗

— Susan Lucci

#both #descent #different #different backgrounds #extremely

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#before #being #children #long #most

Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads