No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving read more

No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence

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.

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'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.

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.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

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.

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.

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.