Quotes by Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

“Take off my clothes and there becomes a man. Take off my skin and there becomes my bones. Break all my bones and there becomes my heart. Smash my heart and there becomes my soul. And that you canno...”

“Becoming a man means doing the right thing even though it may be hard or difficult. Boys do what is easiest. A man does what is right, whether easy or not.”

“Only you can know the difference between your wants and your needs, and your sacrifice of your life's time to both.”

“Reading teaches us the nuances of humanity. To find the beauty of what is moral and ethical in your own actions and discover the strange subtlety of what it is to question why you should exist.”

“Old is old at any age. Old is when you quit asking questions about this, that, and everything. Old is when you forget how to love-or worse, don't care. Old is when you don't want to dance anymore. ...”

“A good man lives for the joy in life and the happiness of being alive, not shackled to the wants of the future or the regrets of the past.”

“Start with a brand new good-morning. To your husband or your wife. To your kids. To those you work with - and don't work with. What's the harm? How difficult is it? And it isn't, and you know it. S...”

“You know there's got to be a better way of life - somewhere, sometime, somehow - but you're not exactly sure what better is.”

“Sometimes we make being happy so difficult. And being thankful such a chore.”

“Time. Either you are for it or against it. So be here now. Not later.”

“Sometimes I feel as if I'm only a doorman awaiting the arrival of her royal majesty.”

“I gather the last remnants of the evenings breeze, so cool and lazy within my arms, feeling it curl up like a small and innocent kitten.”

“Spring is a time to make up a big bouquet of flowers for someone you love, or are trying to love, or are in love with.”

“No, you become a man when you first decide to put away the things of childhood, the talk of childhood, and the thoughts of childhood. You decide because you cannot be treated as both a man and a bo...”

“There's so much to learn. So much to enjoy. So terribly much to be curious about. Take your life and run with it. Make a habit of being alive. This much of anything, I have learned. And am still le...”

“Enjoy what you are learning and doing. This is one of the hardest concepts in the entire world to understand. Harder yet to put into practice.”

“More than likely youll do well enough alone by the engines of your own fate until you either hit a few really nasty bumps in the road or grow old enough to realize that there may be a diamond or tw...”

“KIDS. They know a BRIBE when they see one. They want a PARENT, not a PAY-OFF. They dont care if youre Jack-King-Rodeo or Mister-You-Own-New-York. All they understand is time spent WITH YOU or WITHO...”

“No one OWES you a THING. So dont EXPECT it. Youre on your OWN.”

“Starting the Day Another chance to be new again. How many of us still wish for that? To be your own sunrise. To awaken like a prayer -both solemn and joyful at still being alive.”