Quote for the day

From his first interview with this implausible son, then purple, Maytree curbed his vision of teaching it to read and love literature, to row, fish, hit and pitch, miter corners, frame walls, sail, and rebuild motors. His sole intended fatherly prohibition--that his son never draw his living from the sea--was superfluous. He seemed incapable even of drawing breath. He was not so much delicate as hopeless, predating vulcanization.

--from The Maytrees by Annie Dillard

(Why do I always relate better to the male perspective when it comes to babies? I just don't find them fully human until they can talk.)