“I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel.”

“I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage.”

“We understand the importance of having the bondage between the parent and the child.”

“I lost my father when I was 13-years-old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.”

“Half the humans are women, so I think half the scientists should be women - a legacy of my parents.”

“It is important for a father who feels pushed away to say, in effect, "When you do that, I feel unwanted as a father," or "I feel my rough-housing is not bad parenting; it's my contribution to helping our child take risks." Women cannot hear what men do not say.”

“Someone who knows no fear
I feel him near
The child was born to be a king…
And the time has come.”

“When a parent denies a child its “parent time,” that parent is denying the child its child support -- its psychological child support.”

“I was going to tell you something very important. But it is so important I'd rather not say it. Only that which is not said is sincere… Only silence is sincere. The silence of someone who is sleeping, for example. How sincere is a sleeper! Sincere as a flower… It is in sleeping that everyone reveals themselves, because of the silence.”

“I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.”