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
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
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
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
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