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Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist. — Olive Schreiner
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers. — Tecumseh
We are all children until our fathers die. — Melissa Bank
... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so… — Catherynne M. Valente
When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and… — Joseph Fielding Smith
For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our children so long for the sacrifice and endurance of our mothers… — Saul Williams
Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers die?… — Alfred de Vigny
I was eleven when my father left, so neither of us really knew our fathers. I’d met mine of course, but then I only knew… — Lloyd Jones
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are… — Umberto Eco
[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have… — John Adams
When the sins of our fathers visit us We do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness As God, in his… — August Wilson
She said that her father's death had been the hardest thing in her life. "We are all children until our fathers die. — Melissa Bank
How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and… — Elie Wiesel
("I love you," someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder - "Well, how much?" - and when the answer comes - "With my whole… — Tim O'Brien
All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago — Rudyard Kipling
Our fathers never leave us. Ever. — Brad Meltzer
The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. In… — Oscar Wilde
We are born haunted, he said, his voice weak, but still clear. Haunted by our fathers and mothers and daughters, and by people we don't… — Jonathan Evison
Why are we so attached to the severities of the past? Why are we so proud of having endured our fathers and our mothers, the… — Hilary Mantel
Well,I have a theory that men don't actually cry less than women,they just do it differently. Since we never saw our fathers cry,we are forced… — Miranda July
And tonight our skin, our bones, that have survived our fathers, will meet, delicate in the hold, fastened together in an intricate lock. Then one… — Anne Sexton
We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax and on the streets and in history, and in a way, that was… — Jay-Z
Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever. — Graeme Simsion
When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will… — John Ruskin
Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our… — John Ruskin

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