--- title: "1 Looking Father Quotes By Daniel Wallace" description: "1 Looking Father quotes by Daniel Wallace. Plus more from Daniel Wallace and more Looking Father sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/daniel-wallace-11229_computers_in-fact-after-a-while-it-was-the-machine_2491058.jpg" --- > [“In fact, after a while it was the machines I was looking at, not my father at all. They had become him. They were telling me his story. Which”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/in-fact-after-a-while-it-was-the-machines-i-was-looking-at-not-my/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/daniel-wallace-11229_computers_in-fact-after-a-while-it-was-the-machine_2491058.jpg) ## More by Daniel Wallace > [“Magic is dangerous: it's neither good nor bad, right nor wrong; it can be both a blessing and a curse. It takes strength, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/magic-is-dangerous-it-s-neither-good-nor-bad-right-nor-wrong-it-can/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“There were so many dead their spirits could no longer be contained in the darkness, and, like deer, their population had spilled over into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/there-were-so-many-dead-their-spirits-could-no-longer-be-contained-in/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/they-say-when-you-meet-the-love-of-your-life-time-stops-and-that-s/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“He stayed up with the eye all night, staring into its shiny blueness, seeing himself within it, until the sun, rising above the tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/he-stayed-up-with-the-eye-all-night-staring-into-its-shiny-blueness/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Mine was a crazy dream- but what dream isn't crazy? Can a dream be a dream and be sensible? No. A sensible dream is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/mine-was-a-crazy-dream-but-what-dream-isn-t-crazy-can-a-dream-be-a/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. He’s lived his whole life like a turtle, within an emotional carapace that makes for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/i-don-t-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry-he-s-lived-his-whole-life-like-a/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Word of his great strength, intelligence, and perseverance had spread even this far, and yet his youth was such that my father knew he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/word-of-his-great-strength-intelligence-and-perseverance-had-spread/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Dying, he has that look dying people get in their eyes sometimes, happy and sad, tired and spiritually blessed, all at the same time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/dying-he-has-that-look-dying-people-get-in-their-eyes-sometimes-happy/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“He was just changing, transforming himself into something new and different to carry his life forward in. All”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/he-was-just-changing-transforming-himself-into-something-new-and/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“It was laid out much like any other town—thoughtlessly, and in haste. Here is where the rich people lived, and here the workers. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/it-was-laid-out-much-like-any-other-town-thoughtlessly-and-in-haste/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“We are part of an energy larger than ourselves, and we play roles in a cosmic fabric that outstrip our incarnate understanding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/we-are-part-of-an-energy-larger-than-ourselves-and-we-play-roles-in-a/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“You are a good dad,” I say. “Thanks,” he says, and his eyelids flutter a bit, as if he’s heard what he’s come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/you-are-a-good-dad-i-say-thanks-he-says-and-his-eyelids-flutter-a-bit/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“The day Edward Bloom was born, it rained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/the-day-edward-bloom-was-born-it-rained/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [The ending is always a surprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/the-ending-is-always-a-surprise/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Being alone was lonely, but there was an even greater loneliness sometimes when he was surrounded by a lot of other people who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/being-alone-was-lonely-but-there-was-an-even-greater-loneliness/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-father/daniel-wallace/#itemlist", "name": "1 Looking Father Quotes By Daniel Wallace", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In fact, after a while it was the machines I was looking at, not my father at all. 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