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- Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde
- Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. — Plato
- The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them. — Doug Coupland
- Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. — Joyce Maynard
- Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power. — Joyce Maynard
- If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life. — Joyce Maynard