--- title: "17 Birth Like Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Birth Like quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Birth Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/mak-786-30_birth_if-god-offered-to-give-birth-to-me-again_2808144.jpg" --- > [If God offered to give birth to me again, I would like to be devoid of in a vacuum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/if-god-offered-to-give-birth-to-me-again-i-would-like-to-be-devoid-of/) [Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/mak-786-30_birth_if-god-offered-to-give-birth-to-me-again_2808144.jpg) > [My daughter's birth was like a rebirth for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/my-daughter-s-birth-was-like-a-rebirth-for-me/) [Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/madonna-ciccone-401_birth_my-daughter-s-birth-was-like-a-rebirth-f_1591127.png) > [Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-burnett/giving-birth-is-like-taking-your-lower-lip-and-forcing-it-over-your/) [Carol Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-burnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/carol-burnett-3457_birth_giving-birth-is-like-taking-your-lower-l_2834958.png) > [“Giving birth, for me, was like emerging from a car crash to find myself inexplicably, madly in love with Vladimir Putin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-whippman/giving-birth-for-me-was-like-emerging-from-a-car-crash-to-find-myself/) [Ruth Whippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-whippman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/ruth-whippman-72006_birth_giving-birth-for-me-was-like-emerging-fr_2134964.jpg) > [We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/we-who-were-born-were-not-witnesses-to-our-birth-like-death-it-is/) [Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/rachel-cusk-3482_birth_we-who-were-born-were-not-witnesses-to-o_2848370.png) > [People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-yankovic/people-say-releasing-an-album-is-like-giving-birth-but-it-s-more-like/) [Al Yankovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-yankovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/al-yankovic-3837_albums_people-say-releasing-an-album-is-like-gi_160498.png) > [“In just one moment I had emerged from a world of dark green, almost black, to a world of bright blue and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-berwin/in-just-one-moment-i-had-emerged-from-a-world-of-dark-green-almost/) [Margot Berwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-berwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/margot-berwin-32964_birth_in-just-one-moment-i-had-emerged-from-a_2251259.jpg) > [People had said to me how giving birth is like a marathon, and because I did train throughout the pregnancy I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vogue-williams/people-had-said-to-me-how-giving-birth-is-like-a-marathon-and-because/) [Vogue Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vogue-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/vogue-williams-6088_energy_people-had-said-to-me-how-giving-birth-i_1265266.jpg) > [Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/silent-waters-rocking-on-the-morning-of-our-birth-like-an-empty/) [Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/gordon-lightfoot-7499_birth_silent-waters-rocking-on-the-morning-of_3002908.jpg) > [Birth, like love, is an energy and a process, happening within a relationship. Both unfold with their own timing, with a uniqueness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-noble/birth-like-love-is-an-energy-and-a-process-happening-within-a/) [Elizabeth Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-noble/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/elizabeth-noble-15319_appreciated_birth-like-love-is-an-energy-and-a-proce_1972678.png) > [I don't think my relationship with the idea of womanhood is that attached to giving birth... like, I'm fully aware that I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-harrison/i-don-t-think-my-relationship-with-the-idea-of-womanhood-is-that/) [Patti Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/patti-harrison-6137_giving_i-don-t-think-my-relationship-with-the-i_1099.jpg) > [“My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-keyes/my-friend-kathy-is-the-only-person-who-ll-be-halfway-honest-with-me/) [Marian Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/marian-keyes-1999_birth_my-friend-kathy-is-the-only-person-who-l_868816.jpg) > [Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alejandro-zambra/publishing-my-book-is-like-giving-it-away-at-first-you-start-talking/) [Alejandro Zambra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alejandro-zambra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/alejandro-zambra-13985_birth_publishing-my-book-is-like-giving-it-awa_780889.jpg) > [“Without a single grandparent or parent or uncle or aunt at her side, the baby’s birth, like most everything else in America,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jhumpa-lahiri/without-a-single-grandparent-or-parent-or-uncle-or-aunt-at-her-side/) [Jhumpa Lahiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jhumpa-lahiri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/jhumpa-lahiri-1596_birth_without-a-single-grandparent-or-parent-o_2719936.png) > [We're going to do a natural birth. At first she was like, 'We should do it at home,' and I said, 'Look,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-helberg/we-re-going-to-do-a-natural-birth-at-first-she-was-like-we-should-do/) [Simon Helberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-helberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/simon-helberg-6849_along_we-re-going-to-do-a-natural-birth-at-fir_2141951.jpg) > [With the death of some dream, the sun gives day birth. Like standing bird mapping flight, be the window my perch. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-lane-rip/with-the-death-of-some-dream-the-sun-gives-day-birth-like-standing/) [Chad Lane RIP](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-lane-rip/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/chad-lane-rip-226696_birth_with-the-death-of-some-dream-the-sun-giv_2342234.jpg) > [I witness the birth on paper of sentences that have eluded my will and appear in spite of me on the sheet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-witness-the-birth-on-paper-of-sentences-that-have-eluded-my-will/) [Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/muriel-barbery-1092_astonishment_i-witness-the-birth-on-paper-of-sentence_841090.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth-like/#itemlist", "name": "Birth Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { 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