My Daughter Quotes

You want something enough that you’re going to hurt, then you stay, and keep it.

It’s a father’s place to hate the son-in-law. It’s our place to put them through h*ll just to make sure they know what they’re doing.

I like him, sweetheart, and I’ll still give him hell. It’s my total right.

Here I am, " I say to the palm trees. "I can do this. Watch me.

His lips made a grim twist that was like the joyless cousin of a smile.

If the sky falls, we shall catch larks./Když nebe padá, zjímáme skřivani.

Adele, if you think that, no matter how mad you drive me, that I want to give you up, you are insane, possibly more insane than is healthy.

Sheftu, ” she whispered, “it's all over.”“Nay, little one. It's just beginning. Many things are beginning.

I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said.

The fear of dogs is deep and universal amongst all that are less than Man.

My dad’s contentment is all that matters to me. When he’s laughing, I’m laughing. When he’s happy, I’m happy. I would give up my soul for him. To me, nothing else but his happiness matters.

I am Tersa the Weaver, Tersa the Liar, Tersa the Fool.

Because this is Beth's fight, and that's what fathers do for their little girls, ' he said.

A great White Bear waits outside. He has faithfully promised to make us all rich if he can but have our youngest daughter.

But in the end I'd marry her to the one she herself loved. To a father, the man his daughter falls in love with herself always seems the worst. That's how it is.

You see?" The Father whispered as the boy passed without meeting their eyes. "You shouldn't feel ashamed of your problem. Your life experiences oftentimes is the same as someone else's.

DaughterA sprinkle of sparkle, A dazzle of sweet, A flutter of cute, From your head to your feet.

I love you so much, Sahra. You will do wonderful things. Have courage and believe in yourself.

I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question.

A daughter is chiseled to chisel the world.

But early on I saw this: You are wasting time by suffering twice. I mention this only to show how many things the mind cannot will itself to do, even if it wants to.

Each of you is a daughter of God. Reflect on all the wondrous meaning of that one paramount fact.

The ultimate authority of my life is not the Bible

You are my angel and my damnation

Although my father had never been there, I came to believe I would someday see that city for him.

It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry ‘Monster!’ and looked behind him

I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.

My favorite thing about motherhood is the outpouring of love that is non-judgmental and beautiful. My daughter just makes me happy, and she motivates me to be a kid again.

I do get approached every day by people who say, 'Why don't you make more movies?' I don't really miss it when I get to go and watch my daughter in the Christmas pageant.

I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our daughter when I'm out on the road.

My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carandini, Madame Carandini.

My daughter became a teacher right out of college.

I want to be able to look my daughter's teacher in the eye and say, 'Your pension will be there.' I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep.

Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths.

When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things that's out there that ain't good for her. It's a crazy world we live in.

I'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important.

The divine light which you carry within your soul is inherited from God because you are His daughter. Part of the light which makes you so magnificent is the blessing of womanhood.

We take our kids for physical vaccinations, dental exams, eye checkups. When do we think to take our - our son or daughter for a mental health checkup?

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star, ' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.

I lend my daughter beauty products, but only as a treat. If she's going to a party, I'll let her borrow a mascara or moisturizer.

I had a daughter and lost her a long while ago. That's too sad a story to go into.

It's sad that my daughter will get attention because of her daddy. I'm already watching her run around the house and pick up microphones. It's scary.

What I will not do is continue to perpetuate stereotypes. I'm the daughter of a maid why do I have to also play a maid? My mom was a maid so I didn't have to be a maid.

Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes.

I'm happy that I took time off to become a mom and raise my daughter properly and build a bond between the two of us.

I remembered, like, when 'Not When My Daughter' came out, I'm serious, I think dating for Iranian men became a lot harder. Dude's name, Shahrokh - became Tony. Mehsud became Mike.

I don't actually watch that much TV, but I was obsessed with 'Dawson's Creek' growing up. And 'Freaks and Geeks.' And '8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.'

I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, 'I'm not even a 10th of this man.'

I love my dad, and I'm proud to be his daughter.