Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
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
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
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
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
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. ~Author Unknown
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
