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That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life.

In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.

I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father.

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.

The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.