Offspring Quotes

“Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks... then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get.

It's really not even fair to everyone else.”
― Richelle Mead, The Fiery Heart

“It still remains unrecognised, that to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind, is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society; and that if the parent does not fulfil this obligation, the State ought to see it fulfilled, at the charge, as far as possible, of the parent.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait 'til the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light.”
― Isaac Newton

“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In its various forms, so far as we know them, Love seems always to have a deep significance and a most practical importance to us little mortals. In one form, as the mere semi-conscious Sex-love, which runs through creation and is common to the lowest animals and plants, it appears as a kind of organic basis for the unity of all creatures; in another, as the love of the mother for her offspring—which may also be termed a passion—it seems to pledge itself to the care and guardianship of the future race; in another, as the marriage of man and woman, it becomes the very foundation of human society. And so we can hardly believe that in its homogenic form, with which we are here concerned, it has not also a deep significance, and social uses and functions which will become clearer to us, the more we study it.”
― Edward Carpenter, The Intermediate Sex: A Study Of Some Transitional Types Of Men And Women

“from Out of the Darkness (book 2):

Zoe met Eric's eyes. Even in her platforms she was still a few inches shorter than he was. "And what do you do?"

His mouth quirked. "I set people on fire.”
― Jaime Rush

“Being a bad parent is a sign of not having learned from experience.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Random lines, Beyond the Darkness: "Playing 'tag, you're it' against a car is a bad idea.”
― Jaime Rush, Beyond the Darkness

“Many of the boys and men who are regarded as immature by some females are so deemed merely because they do not want to get married someday … or soon.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Human emotions are our devils," Cheveyo said. "They tease us with things we can't have, torture us with feelings we can't act on. They cause physical pain.”
― Jaime Rush, Beyond the Darkness

“I do not like the terms. I don’t get any offspring, any beloved, I cannot ask something that is not in your power and I do not get to have your soul?” Her lips twisted in a sarcastic smile, and I could tell I had managed to insult her. “Although I suppose that’s some other entity’s priority and not mine. But that aside, what’s left for me?”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“The Ravenels have always been known for their volatile temperaments."
"Thank you," Gabriel said sourly. "Now I won't be surprised when my future offspring emerge with horns and tails."
Westcliff smiled. "In my experience, it's all in how you handle them." The earl was the calm, steady center of his own boisterous family, which included a high-spirited wife and a brood of rambunctious offspring.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring

“Yet, as I will make clear, any Pleistocene woman who relied on looks alone to pull offspring through was not likely to be a mother very long or leave descendants.”
― Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species

“The mother gives the child what she takes from herself: sleep, the best food, in some instances even her health, her wealth.
Are all these really selfless states, however? Are these acts of morality miracles because they are, to use Schopenhauer's phrase, 'impossible and yet real'? Isn't it clear that, in all these cases, man is loving something of himself, a thought, a longing, an offspring, more than something else of himself; that he is thus dividing up his being and sacrificing one part for the other?”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Aphorisms on Love and Hate

“If I release you, you won't scream? I'd rather not continue the conversation like this."
She shook her head, and he freed her. She scrambled away from him, feeling the grooves of the headboard bite into her back when she slammed into it.
He sat back on her bed, his hands on his jean-clad thighs. The hair at his neck curled from dampness. "You don't have to be afraid of me."
She almost laughed. "A stranger breaks in, and I'm supposed to be cool with that?"
"Amy, we're not strangers.”
― Jaime Rush, A Perfect Darkness

“When we die, we live on in our children.”
― Steven Magee

“Well, naturally. Keir is descended from my line. Our virility is unmatched."
Westcliff tried to look severe. "You realize, Kingston, that my first grandchild has been sired by your illegitimate offspring."
"Yes, yes, who cares about legitimacy. This child will be magnificent. With my looks and your brains..."
"It could have my looks and your brains," Westcliff pointed out.
"Don't be such a pessimist. Bring the brandy bottle over here, and we'll start making plans."
And the two old friends grinned at each other as they clinked their glasses.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Disguise

“That’s why we must continue to support godly men and women who have dedicated their lives to Christian principles and to continuing those ideas in our offspring. Professors’ worldviews influence whatever they teach, from humanities to basic sciences, and what they think about God cannot be hidden from their students.”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future

“We are offspring of God.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“You just don’t allow time to while away but you take hold of time and make a demand on it to bring forth offspring.”
― Sunday Adelaja, How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“The reason why they resist doing as you say, is because they've been conditioned to do as you've demonstrated.”
― T.F. Hodge

“Traces of him showed around the child's eyes and jaw. There was the same two-stage smile, and the same frown when answering a question. To the town women she was perfectly polite.
She was called Ellen.”
― Murray Bail, Eucalyptus

“Professional astronomers have successfully evaded researching Mauna Kea Sickness in their summit workers and their offspring, and it is unacceptable for this to continue.”
― Steven Magee

“I have discovered that people who are doing well in life. Once they reach the age of 30 without having children. They lose the interest of having kids. They end up not wanting to have kids of their own.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“We're innocent, but the weight of the world is on our shoulders
We're innocent, but the battles left us are far from over
We're not the ones whose pollution blackened our skies and ruined our streams
We're not the ones who made the nuclear bombs that threaten our lives
We're not the ones who let the children starve in faraway lands
We're not the ones who made the streets unsafe to walk at night
And even if we try and not become too overwhelmed
And if we make some contribution to the plight we see
Still, our descendents will inherit our mistakes of today
They'll suffer just the same as we, and never wonder why”
― Dexter Holland

“Mothers Are So Wonderful

We are the ones who carry babies for months
We feel anxious about their safety
We do our best to keep them healthy
We worry the most when they are thirsty
We feed them when hungry

We are the ones who look after their wellbeing
We ensure our kids’ lives are worthwhile
We find ways to provide optimum care
We are patient to see them grow older
Yes, they always run to us for cover

We are the ones who are called names
When things go wrong with our children
But given no credit when they excel in life
We create conducive environments all the time
We take the bullet for our loved ones
We brace raging storms on their behalf

We are the ones who walk miles
In search of better opportunities for our offspring
We sleep very late and wake up too early
We guide them to achieve great things
We say prayers for them to prosper

God was right to entrust women with childbearing because Mothers are so wonderful”
― Gift Gugu Mona, From My Mother's Classroom: A Badge of Honour for a Remarkable Woman

“An old man, going a lone highway, Came at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast and deep and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim - That sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when he reached the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide.
"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim near,
"You are wasting strength in building here.
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again must pass this way.
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide, Why build you the bridge at the eventide?"
The builder lifted his old grey head.
"Good friend, in the path I have come," ," he said,
"There followeth after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been naught to me
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.”
― Will Allen Dromgoole, The Bridge Builder

“I never had any desire for children, yet each piece I've written feels like an offspring.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Hurting a mother is one thing. She might trip you up, push you down, throw dirt on you and spit on you and even call you looser. Hurting her child is another. Isn't no telling what she will do.”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“It was a crap shoot, adopting a baby made from someone else's genes, and it worried her sick. "It's a crap shoot giving birth to a baby made from your own genes," Marshall reminded her. She fretted and paced and dreamed and hoped.”
― David Ball, China Run