Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.