"But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies."

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"Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask that fugging question. But no. No. Daddy does not have a match or a lighter."

"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."

"Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon."

"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."

"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."

"Children observe everything with caution."

"Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted."

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"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith them I lived with, cursed in my killing."

"Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day."

"If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink."

"For Time calls only once, and that determines all."