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Sons want their fathers' attention until the precise moment when fathers want their sons'. ― Fredrik Backman
Quotes About Fatherhood
Fredrik Backman
Attention
Moment
And his expression, now. I realized right then -- how disappointed you could be when you were all in with someone. When you cared so deeply. How your heart could break, so precisely and quickly. ― Maurene Goo
Quotes About Fatherhood
Expression
Disappointed
Realized
We don't lose ourselves in parenthood. We find parts of ourselves we never knew existed. ― L.R. Knost
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L.R. Knost
Parenthood
Ourselves
I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo
Quotes About Fatherhood
Because
Complained
Dad
Some parents sometimes use junk food as a babysitter. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Quotes About Fatherhood
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Sometimes
Babysitter
The handy thing about being a father is that the historical standard is so pitifully low. ― Michael Chabon
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Michael Chabon
Handy
Father
A man who indulges in parenthood for the first time at the age of fifty-four deserves all he gets. ― Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Indulges
Parenthood
Some men became fathers mainly to show that they are not gay. Some, only to hide the fact that they are. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Quotes About Fatherhood
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Fathers
Show
He was all iron outside, but all father within. ― Hall Caine
Quotes About Fatherhood
Hall Caine
Was
Outside
The measure of a man is determined by the distance between his knees and the ground. The less the distance, the greater the man. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
Quotes About Fatherhood
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Determined
I think of your grandmother calling me and noting how you were growing tall and would one day try to “test me.” And I said to her that I would regard that day, should it come, as the total failure of fatherhood because if all I had over you were my hands, then I really had nothing at all. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates
Quotes About Fatherhood
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Grandmother
Growing
Sons are born to make their fathers better men.― Mekael Shane
Quotes About Fatherhood
Mekael Shane
Fathers
Sons
A true legacy can be recognized by the fact that it will be left standing when everything else that has attacked it is not. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
Quotes About Fatherhood
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Legacy
Recognized
Most parents think that the commands they give their children are merely suggestions wrapped with lovingness. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Commands
Suggestions
I knew then that I must survive for something more than survival's sake. I must survive for you. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates
Quotes About Fatherhood
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Something
Survival's
I wanted you to know that the world in its entirety could never be found in the schools, alone, nor the streets, alone, nor in the trophy case. I wanted you to claim the whole world, as it is. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates
Quotes About Fatherhood
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Wanted
Schools
If I have held a part of myself back from my children, I have obviously spent some time calculating the expense of being a father. And the fact is, a real father doesn't do that kind of math. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
Quotes About Fatherhood
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Children
Calculating
I am wounded. I am marked by old codes, which shielded me in one world and then chained me in the next. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates
Quotes About Fatherhood
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Marked
Shielded
watching his son in quick pulses of attention. ― Thomas Pynchon
Quotes About Fatherhood
Thomas Pynchon
Watching
Attention
Raising The Kids ....Running the Family Is A Combined Effort of Both Dad & Mom! ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Jaachynma N.E. Agu
Running
Combined