Childbirth Quotes

110 Childbirth quotes by 93 unique authors

Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again. — Sarah Dessen
Yeah, well, I’ll be glad to birth it if it means I can name him something normal. (Zarek) Yeah, yeah. This from a man who… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fredrika Bimm, what do you think you're doing?" "Freaking out. Losing my mind. Thinking about snapping your husband's spine. Squashing the urge to vomit. Wishing… — MaryJanice Davidson
A child, thought Carl, is not the only result of childbirth. A mother, too, is born. You see them every day--nondescript women with a bulge… — Joshua Ferris
There comes a turning point in intense physical struggle where one abandons oneself to a profligate usage of strength and bodily resource, ignoring the costs… — Diana Gabaldon
Granana doesn't understand what the big deal is. She didn't cry at Olivia's funeral, and I doubt she even remembers Olivia's name. Granana lost, like,… — Karen Russell
(He) was in love with the idea of revolution. Men like that, even when they turn their backs on their party and their comrades, can… — Amitav Ghosh
Later on Lady Maccon was to describe that particular day as the worst of her life. She had neither the soul nor the romanticism to… — Gail Carriger
I know girls who pine for it. They like to play dress-up and pretend being Vor ladies of old, rescued from menace by romantic Vor… — Lois McMaster Bujold
In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness… — Anne Frank
Katherine of Aragon was speaking out for the women of the country, for the good wives who should not be put aside just because their… — Philippa Gregory
Grandma, please. It’s okay. Dad’s doing a great job. I give him kudos for at least being calm and rational, and not losing his temper… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few… — Nicholas D. Kristof
Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle;… — David Gemmell
It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a fruit and begins… — Andrei Tarkovsky
The worst, the very worst requirement of friendship, in Eve Dallas's opinion, was sitting through an entire evening of childbirth classes. What went on there--the… — Nora Roberts
In achieving the depersonalization of childbirth and at the same time solving the problem of pain, our society may have lost more than it has… — Sheila Kitzinger
When one begins, as I did, to analyze men after a fairly long experience of analyzing women, one receives a most surprising impression of the… — Karen Horney
My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write. — Wendi Deng Murdoch
Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute. — Jessica Capshaw
I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing things you could ever experience, and I… — Natalie Martinez
History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in… — Tansy Rayner Roberts
I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices. — Jo Beverley
It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following… — Susan Collins
I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I… — Dakota Fanning

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