#Birth

"Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise."

"The only sin is the sin of being born"

"It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible."

"The energy it took to exit mother’s womb is the same force required to manifest a dream...a different kind of struggle. Push, push, push!"

"Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard."

"All my best writing was written before 1982, and then a significant event happened to me: I was born."

"We cry coming into the world, as everyone around us laughs with joy. And we laugh with joy leaving this world, when everyone around us cries."

"After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die."

"when you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you."

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."

"Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day."

"Riding a bicycle makes you impotent. That’s why I carry a bicycle seat in my pocket—because it’s better than wearing a condom."

"On ne naît pas femme: on le devient."

"From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain."

"We can live forever even with an impactful shorter-life."

"I always look like I’m lying. I was born with a politician’s face. You’ll know I’m in love when I have a Vote For Me look in my eyes."

"Nothing is born into this world without labor."

"Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting."

"As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning."

"When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die."