Men and women are not equal, and they will never be, until…

Grandma, please. It’s okay. Dad’s doing a great job. I give him kudos for at least being calm and rational, and not losing his…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put…

— Pearl S. Buck

The revolting details of childbirth had been hidden from me with such care that I was as surprised as I was horrified, and I…

— Suzanne Curchod

I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that…

— Dakota Fanning

Real change doesn't come without crisis. Childbirth doesn't come without crisis. I think that's happening with humanity now. Our growth has generated multiple crises...and…

— Charles Eisenstein

For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope…

— Paul the Apostle

Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.

— Jessica Capshaw

Chronological time is what we measure by clocks and calendars; it is always linear, orderly, quantifiable, and mechanical. Kairotic time is organic, rhythmic, bodily,…

— Sam Keen

“The birth of a child is divine miracle.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

And I saw it didn't matter who had loved me or who I loved. I was alone. The black oily asphalt, the slick beauty…

— Dorianne Laux

“Birth is experiential. You have to experience it to fully know it. An exercise such as Bellydance for birth embraced during pregnancy can act…

— Maha Al Musa

Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely a matter…

— Navi Pillay

I became hysterical and frightened and begged for sedation. And that was just the first prenatal visit.

— Erma Bombeck

“Yeah, women could go on all they liked about how painful childbirth was. Eventually most of them thought about having another baby. No guy…

— Evie Hunter

It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a fruit and…

— Andrei Tarkovsky