There are some men whose only mission among others is to act as intermediaries; one crosses them like bridges and keeps going.
Gustave FlaubertThe idea of bringing someone into the world fills me with horror. I would curse myself if I were a father. A son of mine! Oh no, no, no! May my entire flesh perish and may I transmit to no one the aggravations and the disgrace of existence.
Gustave Flaubert