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title: "8 Cut Umbilical Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [As long as there's young people, they can look to Jim to help them cut the umbilical chord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-densmore/as-long-as-there-s-young-people-they-can-look-to-jim-to-help-them-cut/)

[John Densmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-densmore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/john-densmore-3925_help_as-long-as-there-s-young-people-they-can_273620.png)

> [With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mekhi-phifer/with-my-first-son-i-cut-his-umbilical-cord-and-everything-so-i-m-a/)

[Mekhi Phifer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mekhi-phifer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fe/mekhi-phifer-11337_cord_with-my-first-son-i-cut-his-umbilical-co_1122590.jpg)

> [In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irwin-shaw/in-the-theater-characters-have-to-cut-the-umbilical-cord-from-the/)

[Irwin Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irwin-shaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/irwin-shaw-11005_theater_in-the-theater-characters-have-to-cut-th_1226198.jpg)

> [My father cut the umbilical cord for my son, because I wasn't actually there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jermell-charlo/my-father-cut-the-umbilical-cord-for-my-son-because-i-wasn-t-actually/)

[Jermell Charlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jermell-charlo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/jermell-charlo-5225_actually_my-father-cut-the-umbilical-cord-for-my_1770975.jpg)

> [“She removed a knife from the pocket of her skirt and swiftly cut the umbilical cord. She ripped off the remaining portion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-v-proulx/she-removed-a-knife-from-the-pocket-of-her-skirt-and-swiftly-cut-the/)

[Lisa V. Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-v-proulx/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/lisa-v-proulx-78044_mother_she-removed-a-knife-from-the-pocket-of-h_2596230.jpg)

> [Cut the umbilical cord to yesterday. Although we can't change history, we change the effect the past has on the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ezell/cut-the-umbilical-cord-to-yesterday-although-we-can-t-change-history/)

[Lee Ezell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ezell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/lee-ezell-63960_bitterness_cut-the-umbilical-cord-to-yesterday-alth_2671503.jpg)

> [Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/well-people-got-attatched-once-you-cut-the-umbilical-cord-they/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/charles-bukowski-73_apathy_well-people-got-attatched-once-you-cut-t_2693312.jpg)

> [“They cut the umbilical cord, give you a slap on the ass, and presto! you're out in the world, adrift, a ship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/they-cut-the-umbilical-cord-give-you-a-slap-on-the-ass-and-presto-you/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/henry-miller-179_adrift_they-cut-the-umbilical-cord-give-you-a-s_3056098.jpg)

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