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Quotation of the Day for November 25, 2009"When I became a father, I made a promise to myself not to pretend to knowledge I did not possess, not to claim authority I plainly lacked, not to hide my doubts and uncertainties, my setbacks and regrets, from my children. And so I have tried to share them over the years as I have been fired from screenwriting jobs or proved wrong or led to look a fool. I have made a point (until the recent advent of GPS) to stop and ask for directions. But sometimes I waver in my resolve. My sense of myself as a father, my sense of fathers, is so deeply caught up with some kind of primal longing (which I think we all share) for inerrancy, for the word of God, for a rock and a redeemer, a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, for the needle that always always finds true north in a storm." - Michael Chabon, from the chapter "Faking It" in Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son. [and my copy does have "always always" printed in the last sentence. -ed.] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Nov. 9, 2009 |
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