Babies are such a nice way to start people

Babies are such a nice way to start people

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant.

No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream read more

Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete... babies are almost the only remaining link with nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.

My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that read more

My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but read more

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan read more

The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan for good fighting

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being read more

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it."