“My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.” MatterFatherTaughtGrewGrew UpStrictUnclesLike Family Author:Mariano Rivera
“My father and I were always on the most distant terms when I was a boy--a sort of armed neutrality, so to speak. At irregular intervals this neutrality was broken, and suffering ensued; but I will be candid enough to say that the breaking and the suffering were always divided up with strict impartiality between us--which is to say, my father did the breaking, and I did the suffering.” EnoughSufferingFatherSpeakTermBoysBrokenDividedStrictIntervalsNeutralityCandidImpartiality Book:Short Stories And Sketches (Annotated Edition) Source: Short Stories And Sketches (Annotated Edition)