Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as read more

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

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.

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.

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.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

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.

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.

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.