A son is the promise that time makes to a man, the guarantee that every father receives that whatever he holds dear will someday be considered foolish, and that the person he loves best in the world will misunderstand him.
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Prologue
The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
2004, Published by Bantam Dell
Image from here.
12 redmarks:
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and that the person he loves best in the world will misunderstand him.
Awww. I suddenly missed my dad.
i love the ending of the book.
cant wait for the film...;)
scary thing but don't we, as sons of our fathers, unknowingly emulate what we don't like from them? duno if it's the sons' way of rebelling against their fathers hahaha...psyches, anyone?
I absolutely adored The Rule of Four. There is another quote that I liked, but I couldn't remember which one anymore.
@hastydevil Yup. And to think this was on the first page of the prose.
@Galen I feel for you bro.
@the geek I love the ending too. I was unaware that their doing a cinematic adaptation. I'm looking forward to that as well. Thanks for the head's up.
@COLORBLIND It could also be that being fruits of their loins, we in a way have similar inclinations present in both our parents. Whether or not we fall into these inclinations is a matter of will. We are not rebelling, to prove the folly of their ways, but merely succumbing to the strength of their blood. The same blood that runs through our veins.
@Victor Gregor Don't worry, once the other moving passages stop escaping my consciousness, I will surely quote them here as well. Glad to know someone mirrors my interest in the dead languages. Have you read The Third Translation by Matt Bondurant?
I miss my erpats..
@B.A.D. That is sad. We all miss our parents every once in awhile. If you don't mind me asking, is your dad still with us?
"and that the person he loves best in the world will misunderstand him."
such is the destiny of most fathers and sons. i think a lot of it has to do with how men are raised. i read a book somewhere about the disconnect between fathers and sons. most fathers just allow their sons to grow up without any guidance- guidance that is ver prevalent in women and their daughters. the author concluded by blaming it on our generation. i think there may be more to it than she explored.
@citybuoy I think its partly generational, but moreso cultural. Since the status quo of machismo looks down upon men who are emotional, deeming them weak albeit less of a man, fathers tend to view fatherhood as simply being a breadwinner, that being a good provider is enough. Believing the character-building discipline is more of the nurturing mother's turf. This is propagated throughout generations, leading to estranged sons to their fathers. The norm being that men must learn by their own mistakes, whereas women by the mentoring of their mothers.
How hard it is for the son to realize that his father didn't quite understand.
Or he understood, completely, but he wanted other things. Different things.
Or maybe I'm just putting too much of myself in this post.
(Btw, is it just me or is the father kinda hot? Even with just a silhouette?)
@Manech No your not. I too identify with the words so explicitly that it compelled me to post this. The father is kinda hot, and how he gingerly holds his son's hand even more endearing. Glad you liked both the photo and the quote. :)
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