It would be one of the greatest triumphs of humanity, one of the most tangible liberations from the constraints of nature to which mankind is subject, if we could succeed in raising the responsible act of procreating children to the level of a deliberate and intentional activity and in freeing it from its entanglement with the necessary satisfaction of a natural need.

Trying to read Dr. Seuss quotes without smiling is like trying to remove the last hat from the head of Bartholomew Cubbins. His classic observation, "From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere" sums up the popular author's take on life in the unusual and amusing world he created for us in authoring more than 60 children's books. For many of us, a Dr. Seuss story was the first one we learned to read as a child, and we eagerly reached for the same books when our children were born. Dr. Seuss quotes are silly, lyrical, and essential to maintaining sanity in an insa…