Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. ~Author Unknown
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
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
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
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
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
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