“Parents are the mystified criminals, blinking in the docks, making it all the worse for themselves with every word they utter.”
“Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.”
“It was as if she called to me, with every note and every word. To make matters worse, whether I liked it or not, I answered. With every fiber of my being, I answered her call.”
“Look at them running to and fro about the streets, every one of them a scoundrel and a criminal at heart and, worse still, an idiot. But try to get me off and they’d be wild with righteous indignation. Oh, how I hate them all!”
“There is no worse parent than an unhappy parent!”
“Every word you have ever uttered, is engraved upon my heart.”