All Quotes By Tag: Father
“My dad had limitations. That’s what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.”
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“Seed becomes tree, son becomes stranger.”
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“Akhirnya, hujan turun, menghantam atap seng. Amiru memejamkan mata, lama, lambat laun dia mendengar sebuah irama, Dia tersenyum. Dia tersenyum karena ingin seperti ayahnya, yakni dapat menjadi senang karena hal-hal yang kecil. Seni menyenangi hal-hal yang biasa saja, begitu istilah ayahnya yang hanya tamat SD itu. Amiru ingin menguasai seni itu sampai tingkat ayahnya telah menguasainya sehingga menjadi orang yang dapat menertawakan kesusahan. Itulah ilmu tertinggi seni menyenangi hal-hal kecil. Itulah sabuk hitamnya.”
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“You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.”
“In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.”
“Some of us can live without a society but not without a family.”
“Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.”
“Dad?” Jesus asked.”Yes son?” God replied.”Why does man have so many religions?” Jesus asked.”It’s because they all have different beliefs,” God said.”Why?” Jesus asked.”It’s because they have a free mind. It’s up to them to choose what they wish to believe in,” God said.”But, what if they forget about you?” Jesus asked his dad.God replied, “Even though they may forget about me, they will always remember me. Would you ever forget me?” God asked.”Never!” said Jesus, “How could I ever forget my father?””Exactly! And so it is for them,” God added.”
“Children are no longer being parented, but are raised. Thats why they don’t have morals, ethics,humanity and manners, because their parents neglected them. We now live in a society that doesnt care about right or wrong.”
“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”
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“As Adam brought death, so Christ brought life; as Adam is the father of mortality, so Christ is the father of immortality.”
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“Death was kind.” He drew a sharp breath. “But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.”
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“The heavenly Father is faithful.”
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“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.”
“How can I begin to tell you how much I miss you without using those three common words that can’t even start to express the magnitude nor the depth of my emotions. How can I write in my own blood while wanting to revert its color. The color of blood is similar to “I miss you”. It has been raped by writers and lovers constantly, ever since Cain and Abel. I want to be able to create a new alphabet that can simply stand in front of you without bowing. I want to use new metaphors that would erupt like volcanoes between the phrases of my readers’ souls. Metaphors such as your absence is similar to eating salt straight from the shaker while thirst is devouring my tongue. Metaphors such as the lack of your presence is like being straddled behind the glass of my own senses.”
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