The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.
My father was an extraordinary man.
My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8.
A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.
A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
There was something so immensely redemptive and exciting for me to imagine that my unknown father was not just a man who had abandoned me but a noble man of adventure who had no choice.
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.