“Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.”

“Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.”

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) British writer

“You are confused, because you believe that you are in the world, not the world in you. Who came first – you or your parents? You imagine that you were born at a certain time and place, that you have a father and a mother, a body and a name. This is your sin and your calamity! (…)”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

“Your world frightens and confuses me.”

Phil Hartman (1948–1998) Canadian American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist

“To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.”

Janet Jackson book True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself

“Plan out your work Then work out your plan. The former without the latter is a sheer waste. The latter without the former is mere unproductive confusion.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher

“I hold your hand in mine, dear,
I press it to my lips.
I take a healthy bite
From your dainty fingertips.
My joy would be complete, dear,
If you were only here,
But still I keep your hand
As a precious souvenir.”

Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician

“We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.”

Alice Miller (1923–2010) Swiss psychologist

“the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.”

Nikki Giovanni (1943) American writer and academic

“If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.”

Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter