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
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
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
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
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