Fathers

Famous quotes containing the word fathers:

“One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

“What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!”
—Terence (c. 190–159 B.C.)

“Slim inquirer, while the old fathers sleep
you are reworking their soil, you have
a grocery store there down under the earth....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)