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Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not read more
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
Birth is the beginning of death
Birth is the beginning of death
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them read more
I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt read more
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.
Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has read more
Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.
About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.
About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
