Homer
Poet
"I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood."
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Fatherhood
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Maya Lin
Architect, Artist
"It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like."
Pindar
Poet
"A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality."
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Theologian
"Christ has given us the most glorious interpretation of life's meaning that man has ever had. The fatherhood of God, the fellowship of the Spirit, the sovereignty of righteousness, the law of love, the glory of service, the coming of the Kingdom, the eternal hope- there was never an interpretation of life to compare with that."
Jorge Luis Borges
Writer, Poet
"The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it."
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"Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it."
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"I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me."
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"The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it."
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"I am very much enjoying the fatherhood phase of my life."
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"I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!"
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"That really is the best part of being a dad. You remember what's important in life."
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