We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, "Virginibus Puerisque II," Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
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
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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
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