Papa Quotes

• 'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

  W. H. Auden

  Art, Nature, Get Well

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• Papa sat down at the table and poured his tea from the china tea set with pink flowers on the edges. I waited for him to ask Jaja and me to take a sip, as he always did. A love sip, he called it, because you shared the little things you loved with the people you love.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Flower, People, Tea

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2012). “Purple Hibiscus: A Novel”, p.8, Algonquin Books

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• Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

  Charles Dickens

  Literature, Potatoes, Poultry

  Little Dorrit bk. 2, ch. 5 (1857)

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• The son will run away from the family not at eighteen but at twelve, emancipated by his gluttonous precocity; he will fly not to seek heroic adventures, not to deliver a beautiful prisoner from a tower, not to immortalize a garret with sublime thoughts, but to found a business, to enrich himself and to compete with his infamous papa.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Beautiful, Running, Adventure

  Charles Baudelaire, Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden (2006). “Intimate Journals”, p.57, Courier Corporation

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• And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and giver fertilizer or they'd die. But weeds, indigenous plants, you gave them nada-nothing; hell you even poisoned them and put concrete over them, and those weeds would still break the concrete.

  Victor Villasenor

  Weed, Water, Rose

  Victor Villasenor (2008). “Burro Genius”, p.21, HarperCollins Español

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• In that most burdensome moment of all human history, with blood appearing at every pore and an anguished cry upon His lips, Christ sought Him whom He had always sought—His Father. “Abba,” He cried, “Papa,” or from the lips of a younger child, “Daddy.” This is such a personal moment it almost seems a sacrilege to cite it. A Son in unrelieved pain, a Father His only true source of strength, both of them staying the course, making it through the night—together.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Children, Pain, Father

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• It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

  Sam Levenson

  Happy Birthday, Son, Hands

  Sam Levenson (2016). “In One Era and Out the Other: A Life's Journey”, p.5, Open Road Media

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• These days I think the composers of music influence me more than any photographers or visual creators. I see something exciting or lovely and think to myself: 'If Papa Haydn or Wolfgang Amadeus or the red-headed Vivaldi were here with a camera, they'd snap a picture of what's in front of me.' So I take the picture for them.

  Ralph Steiner

  Thinking, Lovely, Cameras

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• My first words was thug for life and papa pass the mack

  Tupac Shakur

  Thug, Rapper, Firsts

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• To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees, I grew up as a part of his garden.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Garden, Thinking, Eggplant

  Leo F. Buscaglia (1992). “Papa, my father: a celebration of dads”, Ballantine Books

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• Papa loves you with a dying and infernal love," the youngest girl said. "Undying," the eldest girl corrected. "And eternal.

  Martine Leavitt

  Girl, Love You, Dying

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• When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody else, because he has no belief in himself.

  Charles Dickens

  Talking, Words Of Wisdom, Sitting

  Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank (1868). “The Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit”, p.473

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• The thing is, the kids always rebel against what the parents try to push on them so I'm going to pretend like I don't want my son to hear the rock. I'm going to listen to it only in my private chambers. He'll hear echoes of it and say: "What was that you were listening to papa?" And I'll say: "Nothing son, you're not ready."

  Jack Black

  Kids, Son, Echoes

  "Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny - Jack Black/Kyle Gass Interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• As the children were sitting there eating pears, a girl came walking along the road from town. When she saw the children she stopped and asked, "Have you seen my papa go by?" "M-m-m," said Pippi. "How did he look? Did he have blue eyes?" "Yes," said the girl. "Medium large, not too tall and not too short?" "Yes," said the girl. "Black hat and black shoes?" "Yes, exactly," said the girl eagerly. "No, that one we haven't seen," said Pippi decidedly.

  Astrid Lindgren

  Girl, Children, Eye

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• It's not a pretty world, Papa.' 'I've noticed,' my father said softly.

  Chaim Potok

  Father, World, Said

  Chaim Potok (2009). “My Name Is Asher Lev”, p.33, Anchor

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• Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then with my acquirements I will earn a great deal of money, and with the first money I have in my pocket I will immediately buy for my papa a beautiful new cloth coat. But what am I saying? Cloth, indeed! It shall be all made of gold and silver, and it shall have diamond buttons. That poor man really deserves it; for to buy me books and to have me taught he has remained in his shirt sleeves... And in this cold! It is only fathers who are capable of such sacrifices!

  Carlo Collodi

  Beautiful, Father, Book

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• He scarcely saw his parents. When Christopher was small, he was terrified that he would meet Papa out walking in the Park one day and not recognize him.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Parent, One Day, Parks

  Diana Wynne Jones (2012). “The Lives of Christopher Chant (The Chrestomanci Series, Book 4)”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

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• Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts for inspiration--and there are a lot of those texts. We have King Arthur and his gang in English; we've got Siegfried and Brunhild in German; Charlemagne and Roland in French; El Cid in Spanish; Sigurd the Volsung in Icelandic; and assorted 'myghtiest Knights on lyfe' in a half-dozen other cultures. Without shame, we pillage medieval romance for all we're worth.

  David Eddings

  Kings, Inspiration, Knights

  David Eddings, Leigh Eddings (2007). “The Rivan Codex: Ancient Texts of THE BELGARIAD and THE MALLOREON”, p.6, Del Rey

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• It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted and old at the age of twenty... once saw a man in London, in Leicester Square, who had been crippled by immoderate indulgence in coffee; he was no longer in any pain, having grown accustomed to his condition, and had cut himself down to five or six cups a day.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Children, Pain, Coffee

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• Papa, do you like my new friend?" Frances Catherine asked when they were halfway across the field. "I surely do." "Can I keep her?" "For the love of...No, you can't keep her. She isn't a puppy. You can be her friend, though," he hastily added before his daughter could argue with him. "Forever, papa?" She 'd asked her father that question, but Judith answered her. "Forever," she shyly whispered. Frances Catherine reached across her father's chest to take hold of Judith's hand. "Forever," she pledged.

  Julie Garwood

  Daughter, Father, Hands

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• Papa's in a bad way, Locke. I wanted to see you before you saw him - he has some...things he wishes to discuss with you. I want you to know that whatever he asks, I don't want you...for my sake...well, please, just agree. Please him, do you understand?" "No garrista who loves life has ever tried to do otherwise. You think I'm inclined to walk in on a day like today and deliberately twist his breeches? If your father says 'bark like a dog' I say 'What breed, Your Honour?

  Scott Lynch

  Dog, Father, Love Life

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• Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin--" "Oh, good Gad," shrieked Inspector Cuff.

  Barbara Mertz

  Wall, Eight, Break Through

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• [Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones and he played for many years with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge and actually got me on a gig with Roy Eldridge when I was 20 that I'll never forget.

  Jon Gordon

  Impact, Years, Gigs

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• She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said, "You have a bad case, a very bad case." "Of what?" "Growing up.

  Betty Smith

  Growing Up, Tongue, Sticks

  BETTY SMITH (1943). “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

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• The goblins of the city may hold committees to divide a single potato, but the strong and the cruel still sit on the hill, and drink vodka, and wear black furs, and slurp borscht by the pail, like blood. Children may wear through their socks marching in righteous parades, but Papa never misses his wine with supper. Therefore, it is better to be strong and cruel than to be fair. At least, one eats better that way. And morality is more dependent on the state of one’s stomach than of one’s nation.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Strong, Children, Wine

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