Richelle Mead Quotes

I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children.

I got my dad a great father's Day present. He called to say: 'Ach. Zis present is so good I now think it vas almost vorth having children.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I'm very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.

I've got two wonderful children - and two out of five isn't too bad.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

Don't be a pal to your son. Be his father. What child needs a 40-year-old for a friend?

I am anyway acting all the time with my bacche log (kids), so I do not miss it at all!

You think my kids just popped out of the ground?

I will never understand children. I never pretended to. I meet mothers all the time who make resolutions to themselves. 'I'm going to ... go out of my way to show them I am interested in them and what they do. I am going to understand my children.' These women end up making rag rugs, using blunt scissors.

Husbands, love your wives well! Your children are noticing how you treat her. You are teaching your sons how they should treat women, and you are teaching your daughters what they should expect from men.

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my religion, martyrs die.

I cannot live without children.

Does your ma know you're this silly?" she demanded tartly. He nodded, comically sad. "The few gray hairs she has on her head are my doing. But" — with an exaggerated change of mood — "I send her plenty of money, so she can pay to have them dyed!" "I hope she beat you as a child," Onua grumbled.

On her daughters: I have a 5 year old and I have a 1 year old.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.

I know from having had a child, and from having been a child myself, that children will copy you.

I would love to do more family comedy.

That's so important for children when they're growing up, to have a strong male role model.

Past conference topics have included strengthening the role of fathers in children's lives, the impact of the media culture on children, the delicate balance between work and family, and family involvement in education.

My children are grown now, they are more independent.

As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.

I think I'd be a good dad; it would be a pleasure.