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
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
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
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. ~Dave Barry, "Your Disintegrating Body," Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. ~Author Unknown
Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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