Father Quotes
“When a father gives his daughter…”
“When a father gives his daughter an emotional visa to strike out on her own, he is always with her. Such a daughter has her encouraging, understanding daddy in her head, cheering her on—not simply as a woman but as a whole, unique human being with unlimited possibilities.” -Victoria Secunda Women and Their Fathers, 1992 »
“The father of a daughter…”
“The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, “Daddy, I need to ask you something,”... »
“A father is always…”
“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” - Enid Bagnold, Autobiography, 1969 »