Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse.
—Rebecca West, 1959Quotes
Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.
—Mark Twain, c. 1900The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.
—Robert Frost, 1939The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
—Mario Puzo, 2001The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.
—Paul Johnson, 1989Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.
—André Gide, 1897Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942I cannot bear a parent’s tears.
—Virgil, c. 25 BCThe root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCIn peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
—Herodotus, 440 BCFew sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
—Homer, c. 750 BCThe thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957Men are what their mothers made them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860