“Obstetricians also doubted the female intellectual capacity to grasp the anatomy and physiology of childbirth, and suggested that they could not therefore… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“The guinea earned by doctors for a delivery was a significant part of their income. The threat of being undercut by trained… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Whoever heard of a midwife as a literary heroine? Yet midwifery is the very stuff of drama. Every child is conceived either… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“In the Russian Orthodox Church there is the concept of the Holy Fool. It means someone who is a fool to the ways of… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“...If God really does exist, and is not just a myth, it must have consequence for the whole of life.” — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Their devotion showed me there were no versions of love there was only... Love. That it had no equal and that it was worth… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“Inanimate objects have a life of their own, especially when they are the daily companions of a living soul. Without that life, they take… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Bah! Suffragettes. I've no time for suffragettes. They made the biggest mistake in history. They went for equality. They should have gone for power! — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“Every child is conceived either in love or lust, is born in pain, followed by joy or sometimes remorse.” — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Health is the greatest of God's gifts, but we take it for granted; yet it hangs on a thread as fine as a spider's… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“You know the secret of life, my dear, because you know how to love.” — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“Questions, questions – you wear me out with your questions, child. Find out for yourself – we all have to in the end. No… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Was it love of people?' I asked her. 'Of course no,' she snapped sharply. 'How can you love ignorant, brutish people whom you don't… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“The accumulated experience of old age was much more interesting than the chatter of the young.” — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Sister Monica Joan murmured, as though to herself, but loud enough to be heard by all, "How perfectly charming. Old enough to know it… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
