“My father and mother did not think they should have brought a superintendent into the world.”
“You have a mother?"He quirked a brow. "Did you think mine was some sort of divine birth? My father was a remarkable man, but even he was not that talented.”
“My mother groaned, my father wept,into the dangerous world I leapt.”
“Mother, you have my father much offended.”
“What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation.”
“My mother was gone. The whole world should be black and cold. Nothing should look beautiful.”