--- title: "1 Things Dad Quotes By Blake Butler" description: "1 Things Dad quotes by Blake Butler. Plus more from Blake Butler and more Things Dad sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/blake-butler-28000_children_i-m-really-close-to-my-mom-but-things-wi_3147940.jpg" --- > [I'm really close to my mom, but things with my dad have been different. He has dementia and watching him change, I've actually started to think that it's a purer state for people. Because he operates as if he's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-m-really-close-to-my-mom-but-things-with-my-dad-have-been-different/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/blake-butler-28000_children_i-m-really-close-to-my-mom-but-things-wi_3147940.jpg) ## More by Blake Butler > [I write all day every day, so when I feel unproductive, it magnifies everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-write-all-day-every-day-so-when-i-feel-unproductive-it-magnifies/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [Reality is overrated to me. Everyone spends enough time on the computer, eating, going out to bars. Why do I need to read a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/reality-is-overrated-to-me-everyone-spends-enough-time-on-the/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [It is important not to show too many inches at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/it-is-important-not-to-show-too-many-inches-at-once/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [“There were seven men, but just one language. They also moved as one and ate one meal a day and slept in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/there-were-seven-men-but-just-one-language-they-also-moved-as-one-and/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [I always want to sleep on the third date.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-always-want-to-sleep-on-the-third-date/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [What if life after death is all based within memory: you die, and you don't ascend on a bed of clouds to Jesus, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/what-if-life-after-death-is-all-based-within-memory-you-die-and-you/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [“DAYS ARE WEEKS AND WEEKS ARE DAYS INSIDE YOU”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/days-are-weeks-and-weeks-are-days-inside-you/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [So many doors forever. There were never enough. Each door had several locks. One lock was combination. Another required keys. Another was a simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/so-many-doors-forever-there-were-never-enough-each-door-had-several/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [My love is inside me where my fat was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/my-love-is-inside-me-where-my-fat-was/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [I like smartasses, because I can be smartass back and rashy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-like-smartasses-because-i-can-be-smartass-back-and-rashy/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [I'm not an escapist, but the value of language is that it can create places that did not exist before. And so language for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-m-not-an-escapist-but-the-value-of-language-is-that-it-can-create/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [“I thought of my father, alone and elsewhere, his head cradled in his hands. I thought of the day he'd punched a hole straight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-thought-of-my-father-alone-and-elsewhere-his-head-cradled-in-his/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [I use the word "god" a lot, and I'm not sure if I know what I believe god is. I don't believe that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-use-the-word-god-a-lot-and-i-m-not-sure-if-i-know-what-i-believe/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [“black beyond black”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/black-beyond-black/) [blake butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) > [I think language is a system that we have devised to negotiate a series of more amorphous entities. It's a layer you can use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-butler/i-think-language-is-a-system-that-we-have-devised-to-negotiate-a/) [Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-butler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-dad/blake-butler/#itemlist", "name": "1 Things Dad Quotes By Blake Butler", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm really close to my mom, but things with my dad have been different. He has dementia and watching him change, I've actually started to think that it's a purer state for people. 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