Alice Sebold Quotes

Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,/A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”/He said, “Daddies don't just love their children every now and then./It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen.

It's an awesome feeling being a father, because you never think you can fall in love with something so quickly. It was almost immediate.

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

No love is greater than that of a father for His son.

There's no doubt Matt Leinart loves his son very much.

I'm always going to love my father.

I am convinced, that when a man tells a woman he loves her, he only means that he desires her; and that the only total love in this world is that of a father for his son.

A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can be called affection.

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.

But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We must even travail in birth, till Christ be formed in them. They should see that we care for no outward thing, neither liberty, nor honor, nor life, in comparison to their salvation... When the people see that you truly love them, they will hear anything from you...Oh therefore, see that you feel a tender love for your people in your hearts, and let them perceive it in your speech and conduct. Let them see that you spend and are spent for their sakes.

My father was the only man I ever knew who really loved me unselfishly, who never used me for personal gain.

My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys.

A child's cry touches a father's heart.

...for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal breast, and that is where a dearly-beloved child is concerned.

The love of a child is different from any other type of love on the planet. And being loved by your children is a love that is immense. I'm always so overwhelmed by how much my children love me. I think the best part of being a parent is feeling the love of a child.

I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my child.

I love to hug my children. I love to tell them I love them every day before they leave for school or before I leave for work. And I think that's the most important thing you can do as a father is to make sure that your children know they're loved.

I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.

The unconditional love for you child, it's truly amazing.

The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.

Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.