Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ~Mark Twain
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
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