my dad QUOTES

1 " Yeah, well," I say, " I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." " That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. " That girl who let someone throw knives at her to spare a friend, who hit my dad with a belt to protect me-that selfless girl, that's not you?" ..." You've been paying close attention, haven't you?" " I like to observe people/" " Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar. "

2 " A little kid asks my dad why that man is chopping down the tree.

Dad: He's not chopping it down. He's saving it. Those branches were long dead from disease. All plants are like that. By cutting off the damage you make it possible for the tree to grow again. You watch - by the end of summer, this tree will be the strongest on the block. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak

3 " Your stepfather? I'd like to meet him." Oh no... why?" I'm not sure that's a good idea." Christian unlocks the door, his mouth in a grim line." Are you ashamed of me?" " No!" It's my turn to sound exasperated. " Introduce you to my dad as what? 'This is the man who deflowered me and wants to start a BDSM relationship'. You're not wearing running shoes. "

4 " You know how to shoot?" - Emma" Yes. My dad taught me everything about gun safety. He was an expert." - Heather" What happened to him?" -Shanna" He was...shot." -Heather "

5 " Jesus told them, " God is like the dad who couldn't stop loving his boy, And people are like the son who said, " Does my dad really want me to be happy?" Jesus told people this story to show them what God is like. And to show people what they are like. So they could know, however far they ran, however well they hid, however lost they were- it wouldn't matter. Because God's children could never run to far, or be too lost, for God to find them. "

6 " Did she say anything before she died?" he asked." Yes," the surgeon said. " She said, 'Forgive him'" " Forgive him?" my father asked." I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her." Wow.My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love and tolerance.She wanted us to forgive Gerald, the dumb-ass Spokane Indian alcoholic who ran her over and killed her.I think My Dad wanted to go find Gerald and beat him to death.I think my mother would have helped him.I think I would have helped him, too.But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer.Even dead, she was a better person than us. "

7 " Anna: Ash, I don't have anything planned with my Mother... She's dead.

Ashley: What?

Anna: She died when I was seven. She drowned. It's just my Dad and me. I didn't tell you before because I just wanted a fresh start here, because before I moved, everybody knew about it and... I'm sorry.

Ashley: ....... You're like a Disney Princess! "

― Jessi Kirby , Moonglass

― Jack Prelutsky , A Pizza the Size of the Sun

9 " I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adolescence. The last thing I wanted was to be like my dad. It took becoming a man to realize how lucky I’d been. It took a few hard knocks in life to make me realize the only thing my dad had ever wanted or worked for was to give me a chance at being better than him. "

― Tucker Elliot , The Rainy Season

10 " My parents didn't settle for the lives their parents lived. They stepped out and up, my father lying his way into the Navy when he was too young to enlist, my mother marrying this fugitive from the mills when she was too young for marriage. A smart guy, he took every course the Navy offered, aced them all, becoming the youngest chief warrant officer in the service. After Pearl Harbor the Navy needed line officers fast and my dad was suddenly wearing gold stripes.
My mother watched and learned, getting good at the ways of this new world. She dressed beautifully. Our quarters were always handsomely fitted out. She and Dad were gracious, well-spoken.
They were far from rich, but there were books and there was music and sometimes conversations about the world. We even listened to the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Saturdays.
Still, when I finished high school, their attitudes and the times said that there was little point in further educating a girl. I would take a clerical job until I could find the right junior officer to marry and pursue his career, as helpmeet. If I picked well and worked hard, I might someday be an admiral's wife. "

― Ann Medlock

11 " Ten Things You Shouldn't Say on a Date.
1. You're wearing that?
2. Something smells funny.
3. Where's the Tylenol?
4. And to think, I first wanted to date your brother.
5. I have a confession to make…
6. My dad has a suit just like that.
7. That man is hot. Look at him.
8. My ex, may he rot in hell forever…
9. You're going to order that? Seriously?
10. You're how old? "

― Gena Showalter , Animal Instincts

12 " Shh." I squeeze his hand. His palm feels clammy. " We have to keep it down, okay? We don't want my dad coming in." He grits his teeth against more shivers. " Always knew I'd end up in your bed . . . and hear you say those words one day." He manages a smirk.Jeb snarls. " Unbelievable. Even when he's at death's door he's a tool." He arranges a pillow beneath Morpheus's neck. " Why don't you keep your mouth shut while we help you." Morpheus laughs weakly, his skin flashing with blue light. " What say Alyssa" --his breath rattles--" give my mouth something else to do? "

13 " Getting money from my dad is a finesse job. Luckily, I have finesse coming out of my arse. I barged into his study without knocking, marched across to his desk, and held out my hand. “Give me twenty pounds,” I snapped. “I need twenty pounds. Give it to me. Now! "

― Sarra Manning

14 " How did you do it?" I brought the teacup to my mouth for another sip. " How did you guide Sophie's soul? I thought you were a reaper." " He's both," Nash said from behind me, and I turned just as he followed my father through the front door, pulling his long sleeves down one at a time. He and my dad had just loaded Aunt Val's white silk couch into the back of my uncle's truck, so he wouldn't have to deal with the bloodstains when he and Sohie got back from the hospital. " Tod is very talented." Tod brushed the curl back from his face and scowled.Harmony spoke up from the kitchen as the oven door squealed open. " Both my boys are talented." " Both?" I repeated, sure I'd heard her wrong.Nash sighed and slid onto the chair his mother had vacated, then gestured toward the reaper with one hand. " Kaylee, meet my brother, Tod. "

15 " This is one of mommy's friends, buddy," I told Gavin. (...)" You're Mommy's fwiend?" he questioned. Carter just nodded with his mouth open and no sound coming out. I’m pretty sure he didn’t even hear Gavin. Someone could have asked him if he liked to watch gay porn while painting pictures of kittens and he would have nodded his head. Before anyone could react, Gavin pulled back one of his little fists of fury and slammed it right into Carters manhood. He immediately bent over at the waist, clutching his hands between his legs and gasping for breath. " Oh my God! Gavin!" I yelled, as I scrambled over to him, bent down and turned him around to face me while my dad and Liz laughed like hyenas behind me. " What is wrong with you? We don't hit people. EVER," I scolded. While Carter tried to breathe again, my dad managed to stop laughing long enough to apologize. " Sorry, Claire, that's probably my fault. I let Gavin watch " Fight Club" with me last night." " Your fwiends got you sick the other night. You said he was your fwiend," Gavin explained, like it made all the sense in the world. This just made my dad laugh even louder. " Not helping, Dad," I growled through clenched teeth. " You don't make my mommy sick, dicky-punk!" Gavin yelled at Carter, putting his two little fingers up by his eyes, and then pointing them right at Carter just like Liz had done to him earlier. " Jesus Christ," Carter wheezed. " Did he just threaten me?" " Jesus Cwist!" Gavin repeated back. "

16 " We approach the house and I wave at Jimmy. " And if he thinks he's eating with us, he's got another thing coming," my dad says.Jimmy approaches us and takes the shopping bags from me, looking inside them." Lamb roast. Am I invited? "

17 " When I was little, my dad used to tell me, " Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose. "

18 " Not my finest hour," he says, shaking his head." You realize you did it for no reason," I say. I tell him about talking to my dad and explain that I was crying because of that." That information would have been useful BEFORE I shoved him in the pool. "

19 " How're you holding up?" He slid down the wall next to me and handed me a beer." I've had better days." I took a long, satisfying drink and stared at the wall in front of me." Yeah," was his simple reply. " My dad is downstairs. He said this wake sucks." I could hear that he was smiling.I took another swig. " Well, I didn't plan this shindig, but the next funeral I host, I'll make sure it's a rager. "

20 " A third-grader when WWII started, I was also waging my own " war effort." It was deeply magical thinking—I really thought what I did or didn't do could save lives, win battles, bring my dad and uncles home safe. And conversely, that if I screwed up, they were all in greater danger. "

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