“I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adolescence. The last thing I wanted was to be like my dad. It took becoming a man to realize how lucky I’d been. It took a few hard knocks in life to make me realize the only thing my dad had ever wanted or worked for was to give me a chance at being better than him.”

“Hmm. Relationships between fathers and sons can be notoriously difficult, especially for two men who are as different as you and your father are.””Yes, and he’s also the king–that makes our relationship impossible.”