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
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again. ~Jimmy Piersal, on how to diaper a baby, 1968
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
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