"To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility."

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Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.196, Spiegel & Grau

Steve Toltz

#Children Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form.”
“Whatcha doin', Freak Girl?" --------------------------- "What does it look like, brainiac?" I shot back, even surprising myself with the force of my jab. "I'll give you three guesses. No, wait. Don't strain yourself. Wouldn't want to hurt your head." I waved a flyer in his face, channeling my inner mean girl. "See these? I'm hanging them...on a...wall!" I spoke the last part slowly, as if addressing a dim-witted child. Which wasn't far off the mark, now that I thought about it. "With tape," I added, waving at the dispenser. "You know-sticky, sticky!”
“My pleasures disappeared with my vices.”
“There are known knowns and known unknowns, but what we should be worried about most is the unknown unknowns.”
“It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste.”
“The Whitehouse is talking different because we are walking different”
“If a claim is worth making, make it in the most specific way”

Source : "Scientific Advertising".
“You need your strength and you need as much support from family, friends, and loved ones as you can get.”

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