Birth Quotes

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The leading cause of death is birth. — Lewis H. Lapham
We are born of woman, we are conceived in the womb of woman, we are engaged and married to woman. We make friendship with woman… — Guru Nanak
A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe. — Clarence Day
The benefits to the mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional… — Ashley Montagu
We cannot afford the still-birth of new ideas that lack the life force that comes from the depths. We are called to return to the… — Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in… — Milarepa
We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract. Matter changes hands,… — Anthony Doerr
Ma was legally blind due to a degenerative eye disease she'd had since birth. This meant she was entitled to welfare, and our lives revolved… — Liz Murray
I usually claim that pregnant women should not read books about pregnancy and birth. Their time is too precious. They should, rather, watch the moon… — Michel Odent
Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which 'de-medicalizes' birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns control to the mother… — Michel Odent
Sarah Buckley is precious, because she is bilingual. She can speak the language of a mother who gave birth to her four children at home.… — Michel Odent
When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence of… — Michel Odent
From the moon, the Earth is so small and so fragile, and such a precious little spot in that Universe, that you can block it… — Rusty Schweickart
What in thinking only occasionally and quasi-metaphorically happens, to retreat from the world of appearances, takes place in aging and dying as an appearanceâ€¦ in… — Hannah
To be alive means to live in a world that proceeded oneâ€™s own arrival and will survive oneâ€™s own departure. On this level of sheer… — Hannah
Now I have something. In fact, I have posted on the Internet more than Obama has. My birth certificate actually has signatures. — Unknown Author
Those who scorn you taunt only themselves -- I knew this without reading one word; because in reading one is reminded of the truth man… — David Adam
Because parents are transients in the maternity care system, there is little cumulative birth experience over successive generations of mothers. Women giving birth don't make… — Elizabeth Noble
Fathers' sharing in the birth experience can be a stimulus for men's freedom to nurture, and a sign of changing relationships between men and women.… — Sheila Kitzinger
Birth, like love, is an energy and a process, happening within a relationship. Both unfold with their own timing, with a uniqueness that can never… — Elizabeth Noble

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