Sabaa Tahir Quotes

In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst.

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

I will get married to a guy of my parents' choice.

A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.

My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

In certain environments young adults can't choose their lives because of family pressure. In the bourgeoisie there is still a sense you will marry within that milieu.

My parents are really open-minded, but with their own daughter, it's not the same thing.

I think, a lot of times as women, we feel pressure from our parents, our friends: we see our friends get married.

My mom said, 'You are reckless, and you need to get married.' And I was like, 'Okay.'

There is no pressure from my family to get married.

Do not try to live your children's lives out of your own frustrations.

And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didn't.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

For many characters, the prospect of having a child in their life brings up a lot of issues about their own parents. And who doesn't love that? Bad mommy or daddy issues are a delicious staple in romance novels.

I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better.

Marriage was never a dream or an ambition for me. I thank my real mother for the fact that - unlike my sitcom mother - she never put any pressure on me or my sister to marry.

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.

My dad, coming from a very traditional family, always wanted me to be a doctor. So he would always ask me, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' And I'd have to say 'Dr. Chen.'

I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.

I'm obsessed with my parents.