Indifferent Parents

Famous quotes containing the words indifferent and/or parents:

“Fashion required the suppression of all naturalness—’to walk upright, with unbending joints; to shake hands after the pump- handle formula; to look inexpressibly indifferent towards everybody and everything; and speak only in a mincing voice was to be a decorous member of society.’”
—For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“The departing year:
from my parents I have kept
my grey hair hidden.”
—Etsujin (1656?–1739)