Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.

I couldn’t have pulled it off if you hadn’t have pulled out all those years ago. So thanks, dad.

New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

Inside my house, nobody was home, except everybody, but it was easy to feel like those were one and the same.

Necessity is the mother of invention. She’s also my mother, though Invention and I have different dads.

My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.

Every father wants a daughter to meet the right God, and the right man. Perhaps her father had failed with both.

You wanted to kill your father in order to be your father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father.

The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.

Before you and your spouse can work as a team raising your children, you must first work as a team in your marriage.

[My father] loved me tenderly and shyly from a distance, and later on took a naive pride in seeing my name in print.

No matter how knowledgeable you are, respect your parents for their experience and your children for their curiosity.

Fathers, your are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link.