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
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
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
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
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
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
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
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