Why do men like me want sons? he wondered. It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who are their blood, will do the things they were not strong enough nor wise enough nor brave enough to do. It is rather like another chance at life; like a new bag of coins at a table of luck after your fortune is gone.
John SteinbeckIt's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
John SteinbeckYou can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.
John Steinbeck