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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.
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.
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at read more
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most read more
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
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.
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.
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.
