Father’s Day 2024: Famous Quotes About Dads by Famous Writers

“Darkness brings home fathers, with their real, unspeakable power. There is more to fathers than meets the eye.” –

Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
 

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”

Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum
 

“Perhaps that is what is means to be a father- to teach your child to live without you.”

Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
 

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”

Sigmund Freud
 

“My father had taught me- mostly by example- that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.” – Stephen King