“Dads are just men who have babies but I know he loved me because I felt it go out of me when he crashed. It was like air or blood or bones or something that made me me and it wasnt there any more and I had only half of it now and I didn't know if that was enough.”
― The Dead Fathers Club
― The Dead Fathers Club
“Father always said that money doesn’t grow on trees. Well, time doesn’t grow on trees either.”
― Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
― Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.”
― Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
― Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Sigmund Freud, the father of psychiatry and an atheist, theorized that one’s attitude toward one’s father largely shaped one’s attitude toward God.”
― The Ten Commandments: Still the Best Moral Code
― The Ten Commandments: Still the Best Moral Code
“Wise man. Kids from the moment they’re born, they fill your heart with love…and terror. Especially little girls. You want to protect them from everything. And they you can’t, you feel like you’ve failed as a father. You’ve saved yourself a lot of pain by not having children.”
― The Chalk Man
― The Chalk Man
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