Famous quotes containing the word sons:
“I went to my fathers at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswells brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, Hes your son, and God made him. He answered very harshly, If my sons are idiots, can I help it?”
—James Boswell (17401795)
“Yet what I sowed and what the orchard yields
My brothers sons are gathering stalk and root,
Small wonder then my children glean in fields
They have not sown, and feed on bitter fruit.”
—Arna Bontemps (19021973)
“It takes twenty or so years before a mother can know with any certainty how effective her theories have beenand even then there are surprises. The daily newspapers raise the most frightening questions of all for a mother of sons: Could my once sweet babes ever become violent men? Are my sons really who I think they are?”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)