A man who indulges in parenthood for the first time at the age of fifty-four deserves all he gets. ― Raymond Chandler

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watching his son in quick pulses of attention. ― Thomas Pynchon

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Most parents think that the commands they give their children are merely suggestions wrapped with lovingness. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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If I have held a part of myself back from my children, I have obviously spent some time calculating the expense of being a father. And the fact is, a real father doesn't do that kind of math. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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I think of your grandmother calling me and noting how you were growing tall and would one day try to “test me.” And I said to her that I would regard that day, should it come, as the total failure of fatherhood because if all I had over you were my hands, then I really had nothing at all. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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He was all iron outside, but all father within. ― Hall Caine

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The handy thing about being a father is that the historical standard is so pitifully low. ― Michael Chabon

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I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo

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Some parents sometimes use junk food as a babysitter. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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Some men became fathers mainly to show that they are not gay. Some, only to hide the fact that they are. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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