Fatherhood

Few children are truly like their father; lo, the more part are worse, yet a few are better than the sire. — Athena to Telemachus, Bk. 2 Od.

Childhood

There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. — Graham Greene.

A quiet life

He kills six or seven dozen Scots at breakfast, washes his hands and says to his wife “Fie upon this quiet life! I want work!” 1 Henry 4 4:2