The parent is the strongest statement that the child hears regarding what it means to be alive and real. More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual. Polly Berrien Berends
My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years. Polly Berrien Berends
Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves. Polly Berrien Berends
Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives. Polly Berrien Berends
We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him. Polly Berrien Berends
The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving. Polly Berrien Berends
Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while. Peter Benchley
Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline. Peter Benchley
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct. Peter Benchley
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. Peter Benchley
I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs. Peter Benchley