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The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their read more
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction read more
Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5].
Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5].
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes read more
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.
Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, read more
Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.
As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.
You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being read more
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.".
