Per Petterson Quotes

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

When you have kids, you just love them. It's similar to when you're in love with someone. You just think they are so cool and want to be around them all the time, but what if she starts being embarrassed and only giving me charity visits? I want her to actually want to see me, so that's what I'm going for!

I had pretty cool parents. Still do.

I always felt love from both my parents.

When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of who they are, and you care about them and theirs.

I don't live my life through my kids, nor do I expect them to live theirs through mine. But of course, they're everything.

I had never said, 'dad, I love you.'

I would want to know if, at 15, if my daughter loves me the way she does right now. And if she's proud of me, just because I want to be a good example for her, and seeing her grow and how much she loves Daddy saying 'Daddy, te quiero mucho,' which means 'I like you a lot,' those are the things that melt my heart.

I love my dad. There is no doubt about that. He is a wonderful man and a good person. Like many father/son relationships, we have our struggles, our misunderstandings, and our miscommunications. We are very different people, but also very similar at the same time.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then the greatest thing that happened to me was when I saw the light, and realized I needed to love him in a way that he could love me back.

I have a very close relationship with my mom, and I'm able to talk to her about anything.

I loved my mother, she's a good girl.

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

There are different types of love, and my love for my child is like me and my mum. We've gone through a lot of rocky patches, but we never stop loving.

I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it's kind of weird, it's such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but it's a special thing for me.

I want my son to never know the mommy who would rather watch him play basketball than play with him.

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

I always felt like I could go to my mom and speak to her about anything. We have a great relationship.

My family is extremely close and will always be with each other, and I want that for myself.

My father and mother deeply loved me and my sister.

My stepfather and my mother, I love them to death.

Mothers, stay close to your daughters. Earn and deserve their love and respect. Be united with their father in the rearing of your children. Do nothing in your life to cause your daughters to stumble because of your example.

My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.