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title: "12 Moment Birth Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Moment Birth quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Moment Birth sayings and thoughts."
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> [That awkward moment between birth and death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/that-awkward-moment-between-birth-and-death/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The awkward moment between birth and death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashu/the-awkward-moment-between-birth-and-death/)

[Ashu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashu/)

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> [Conflict begins at the moment of birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baker-miller/conflict-begins-at-the-moment-of-birth/)

[Jean Baker Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baker-miller/)

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> [“The moment of birth is a miracle .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-moment-of-birth-is-a-miracle/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/from-the-moment-of-birth-we-are-immersed-in-action-and-can-only/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/as-each-breath-goes-out-let-it-be-the-end-of-that-moment-and-the/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [I believe the moment of birth Is when we have knowledge of death I believe the season of birth Is the season…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/i-believe-the-moment-of-birth-is-when-we-have-knowledge-of-death-i/)

[T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/)

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> [There is a moment of conception and a moment of birth, but between them there is a long period of gestation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-salk/there-is-a-moment-of-conception-and-a-moment-of-birth-but-between/)

[Jonas Salk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonas-salk/)

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> [At the moment of birth you are the product of everything that has occurred in every lifetime you've had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/at-the-moment-of-birth-you-are-the-product-of-everything-that-has/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/frederick-lenz-8_birth_at-the-moment-of-birth-you-are-the-produ_1688161.jpg)

> [“The moment of orgasm is like the first dramatic moment of birth when you draw breath and scream out that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-thurlow/the-moment-of-orgasm-is-like-the-first-dramatic-moment-of-birth-when/)

[Chloe Thurlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-thurlow/)

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> [Some spiritual traditions view the moment of birth as a passage from a state of wholeness and knowledge to a state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-siegel/some-spiritual-traditions-view-the-moment-of-birth-as-a-passage-from/)

[Bernie Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-siegel/)

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> [One of the significant facts about the moment of birth is that it is an unconscious moment. No one ever knows when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-w-sill/one-of-the-significant-facts-about-the-moment-of-birth-is-that-it-is/)

[Sterling W Sill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-w-sill/)

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