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Quotes About Son

Thou hast also forgotten that every man's mind partakes of the Deity, and issueth from thence; and that no man can properly call anything his own, no not his son, nor his body, nor his life; for that they all proceed from that One who is the giver of all things:
~ Marcus Aurelius
Then it became a biological metaphor in the birth stories: Jesus as Son of God was conceived by the Spirit of God, not by a human father. Ultimately, it became a metaphysical or ontological claim: Jesus as the only begotten Son of God is of one substance with God. But initially, to see Jesus as the Son of God points to a relationship of special intimacy and agency.
~ Marcus J. Borg
To see Jesus as "the Wisdom of God" and "Son of God" and "messiah" means to take very seriously what we see in him as a disclosure of God.
~ Marcus J. Borg
The issue is no longer believing that Jesus was literally the Son of God, but appreciating the richness of meaning suggested by the multiplicity of Christological images. He was "the Son," yes, but also the incarnation of the Word, which was also the Wisdom of God. He was the Son of God, the logos of God, and the Sophia of God.
~ Marcus J. Borg
I reproached them all for not having told me of my son's departure, and for not stopping him, until that interfering old biddy Eurycleia confessed that she alone had aided and abetted him.
~ Margaret Atwood
If my strength is technology, financial structuring is my son's skill.
~ Baba Kalyani
By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong.
~ Charles Wadsworth
I remember staring at my son endlessly when he was an infant, stunned by his very existence, wondering where on earth he had come from.
~ Anne Lamott
Beside him walked a vampire nearly as old as Gregory, and indeed this one was none other than Seth, the son of the ancient Mother.
~ Anne Rice
My father, Ivan, the brave one, the hunter. Ivan, the warrior, the singer of songs whom everyone loved-Ivan is the drunkard now because he failed to save his son.
~ Anne Rice
Casso the son detested the nickname, simmering with rage at anyone who used it, although he allowed a handful of close accomplices to refer to him as "Gas.
~ Selwyn Raab
Men's freedom is their unfaithfulness: the Son of Heaven or the son of a peasant, they could both reduce me to the mediocre torments of a woman.
~ Shan Sa
You must try to understand, my dearest one. It was not treason, was but a dream bred before its time, that the King should not be accountable only to God. No mortal man ought to be entrusted with power such as that, for any king's son may be born a fool.
~ Sharon Kay Penman
Walk the midway and hear the carnival barker. Come see the freak named after his deceased father. Come see the prince who wants to abdicate his throne. Come see the son whose name is carved on a gravestone.
~ Sherman Alexie
One morning she sewed while her son and husband watched television. It was so quiet that when her son released a tremendous fart, a mouse, startled from his hiding place beneath my aunt's sewing chair, ran straight up her pant leg.
~ Sherman Alexie
I am the god Apostolos. The Harbinger of Telikos. The Final Fate of all. Beloved son of Apollymi the Great Destroyer. My will makes the will of the universe. [Apostolos / Acheron Parthenopaeus]
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You had every right to be afraid. But your bastard bitches were wrong. It won't be my son who destroys this pantheon. It is I! (Apollymi)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
My son has few friends and even fewer who know him for what he is. So long as you protect him, you live. Sumerian or not. But if you prove false in anything you've said here today, I will bring a wrath down on you so sever that you will spend eternity trying to dig out your own brains to alleviate the pain of it. (Apollymi)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You are an arrogant bastard. (Thanatos) No, not an arrogant bastard. I'm nothing but a piece of shit who touched a star. Now I'm the son of a bitch who's going to put you out of your misery. (Zarek)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Julian was the son of Diokles of Sparta, also known as Diokles the Butcher. That man made the Marquis de Sade look like Ronald McDonald. (Ben)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
all this talk about your son's loyalty and fidelity has made me feel a sudden urge to go riding.' His father scowled. 'You shouldn't ride in your condition. You could fall from a horse and lose or injure the babe you carry.' Holding Styxx's hand in hers, she paused to smile graciously at him. 'I never said anything about horse, Majesty. It's your son I intend to mount and ride. Good day.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Relax, Phyra. I'd be more concerned if he were in here with my son than with my daughter. The biggest threat he poses is he might want to borrow her shoes. (Stryker)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
who could blame her for that? he personally couldn't think of any woman who would welcome that news. Hey hon, guess what? your son that you nurtured in your body for nine months and then sacrificed your life and dignity to raise is destined to end th world. Aren't you proud?
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father.
~ Esai Morales