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Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, read more
Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.
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.
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.
Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found read more
Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
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.
There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.
There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.