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Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your father's coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything.

Jonathan Tropper
Father, Childhood, One Day
Jonathan Tropper (2009). “This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel”, p.35, Penguin
Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your father's coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything.