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1 " A man with no children can easily be lulled into the sense that time is standing still. It is not. It is marching past you, relentlessly. Having a child growing and changing before your eyes makes this unavoidably clear. It’s depressing. But also necessary. Because it means that your time on earth won’t sneak past you. And if you’re living well, it helps you focus on not wasting the time you have. "
― Jonathan V. Last , The Dadly Virtues: Adventures from the Worst Job You'll Ever Love
2 " I wasn’t interested in becoming a man. I was interested in becoming a more dashing, brilliant, charismatic, mysterious, attractive-to-girls version of what my suburban, television-age upbringing had turned me into—which was basically a collection of appetites. "
3 " The modern university is the institution through which the next generation’s elite is formed. It inculcates the two essential, nonnegotiable principles of the American ruling class: consumerism and relativism. "
4 " Appearing in Mummy and Daddy’s room in the middle of the night and claiming to be “scared” is strictly verboten. "
5 " When the worry about the baby crying ceases, the worry about the baby not breathing begins. "
