Quotes for All
If I’m watching my son play soccer, that’s what I’m doing. If I’m going to a school concert, that’s what I’m doing. I turn the phone off. I actively tune into whatever I’m doing. I walk every evening with one of my sons and for that half an hour, 45 minutes, that’s what I’m doing. … Read more
My grief and my smile begin in your face, my son. Gabriela Mistral
People understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you’re doing. Gabriel Iglesias
I would want my son to value himself as a person. To hold himself to a higher standard, and to not listen to all the stuff that’s shoved down men’s throats about what they’re supposed to do and how they’re not supposed to feel. I want him to know that he’s a person and he’s … Read more
I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those [underprivileged] kids chicken pox? For him it’s not a terrible thing. We have good insurance and easy access to health care. It’s a different situation for another family. I didn’t want to make the decision for them. Eula Biss
During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very graphic ways. In the past, I would go overseas and I would say, Israel is like my family: we disagree, but we’re all brothers. I can’t say that anymore, because life proves me wrong. Etgar Keret
I think that before my son was born, I didn’t have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present. Etgar Keret
What opens my heart is when my son wakes me up in the morning, nudging me and saying, ‘Mommy, mommy!’ Erykah Badu
I used to live in New York City, then when my son was two years old we moved to Cambridge Massachusetts and we’ve been there ever since. My son is now twenty-nine years old, so we’ve been up there for a while. Errol Morris
The first Polaroid ever took of someone in my family was my son when he was about four years old. Errol Morris