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“We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance on in our steads.” George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy.” Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

“The only persons who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents.” G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

“Being in love with the one parent and hating the other are among the essential constituents of the stock of psychical impulses which is formed at that time and which is of such importance in determining the symptoms of the later neurosis.” Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams

“The more boring the child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.” Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“First . . . your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.” Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“When a child first catches adults out . . . his world falls into panic desolation. The gods are fallen and all safety gone.” John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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The Interpretation of Dreams (1)
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