Backbone Quote by Anonymous

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

— Ben Jonson

The whole of a human being is merely a vertebra.

— Lorenz Oken

A womb with a view.

— Steve Coogan

“Humans emerge from the womb like molten glass from a furnace. They can be spun, stretched and shaped with a surprising degree of freedom.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Probing the womb of the future is bad for the child.”

— Walter M. Miller Jr

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.

— John Gregory Dunne

“A midwife once told Erszébet of the üszögös gyermek, the stunted child, a premature fetus born alive, a scurrying spectral thing with a rat's…

— Jody Shields

“For many centuries people have believed that there is continuity between the individual in utero and the individual in the world; now there is…

— Annie Murphy Paul

A baby on its mother's back does not know the way is long

— Ibrafad

You cannot go into the womb to form the child; it is there and makes itself and comes forth whole-and there it is and…

— Gertrude Stein

“Most mammals emerge from the womb like glazed earthenware emerging from a kiln –any attempt at remoulding will only scratch or break them. Humans…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Bipedalism is a demanding and risky strategy. It means refashioning the pelvis into a full load-bearing instrument. To preserve the required strength, the birth…

— Bill Bryson