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
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
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 father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
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Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing
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