Quotes for All
Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mamas boy and he said no, more of a papas boy. At the same time he was willing to say that his father had many shortcomings and needed to be held accountable. Eugene Jarecki
Papa, please get the moon for me. Eric Carle
The other day when we were reading The Little Mermaid again, at the part where it says that only human souls can go up to heaven and mermaids can’t, you (Daria) said, ‘See that’s like Papa. He lives in heaven. With the angels’ Ekaterina Gordeeva
He scarcely saw his parents. When Christopher was small, he was terrified that he would meet Papa out walking in the Park one day and not recognize him. Diana Wynne Jones
You, me, & your papa are 3 of the tiny percentage of souls on this miserable earth who’ve figured out that playing ball is the highest purpose God ever invented the human male body for. David James Duncan
Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts for inspiration–and there are a lot of those texts. We have King Arthur and his gang in English; we’ve got Siegfried and Brunhild in German; Charlemagne and Roland in French; El Cid in … Read more
Just take me with you. Please. I cant. Please, Papa. I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant. Cormac McCarthy
They came upon themselves in a mirror and he almost raised the pistol. It’s us, Papa, the boy whispered. It’s us. Cormac McCarthy
He was just hungry, Papa. He’s going to die. He’s going to die anyway. He’s so scared, Papa. The man squatted and looked at him. I’m scared, he said. Do you understand? I’m scared. The boy didn’t answer. He just sat there with his head down, sobbing. You’re not the one who has to worry … Read more
My Brother went to college To become a doctor And if he studies hard enough He’ll end up just like papa, who hates his life. Conor Oberst