"The reward of child rearing is spending the rest of your life proudly knowing this person you helped guide. Let him be himself."

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Source : "Teens" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. June 08, 2012.

Mike Sager

#Children Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Rewards Quotes

“I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.”
“People wanted to get me published, and my early work was so weird that they weren't getting anywhere. I thought, okay, I'll do something that's just a tad more normal.”

Source : "Subjects That Interest Most People". Interview with Amy Feltman, logger.believermag.com. July 20, 2015.
“My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.”
“Nevermind what you normally would do. Just cough up your goddam buck like everyone else.”
“I am interested in the loneliness and isolation that we can feel when we hide feelings we are ashamed of, especially if they concern people that we love.”
“I think one of the greatest compliments I've ever received was when a young kid came backstage at Joe's Pub, when I had the "Bronx In Blue" album out. He said, "What Jimmy Reed did for you, you do for me."”
“I'm five-foot-something, sixty years old; I'm not much of a physical threat to anybody.”
“I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.”

Source : Steven Brust (2011). “Tiassa”, p.128, Macmillan

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