Slander, whose whisper over the world's diameter, as level as the cannon to its blank, transports its poisoned shot.
Birth isn't something we suffer but something we actively do and exult in!
In all cultures, the midwife's place is on the threshold of life, where intense human emotions, fear, hope, longing, triumph, and incredible physical power-enable a new human being to emerge. Her vocation is unique.
For far too many, pregnancy and birth is still something that happens to them rather than something they set out consciously and joyfully to do themselves
All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence , and attendants with infinite patience.
Fathers' sharing in the birth experience can be a stimulus for men's freedom to nurture, and a sign of changing relationships between men and women. In the same way, women's freedom to give birth at home is a political decision, an assertion of determination to reclaim the experience of birth. Birth at home is about changing society.
In any society, the way a woman gives birth and the kind of care given to her and the baby points as sharply as an arrowhead to the key values of the culture.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
It's, like, you know, if you're sad, it's a way of connecting with other people. And we - a lot of times we sort of feel embarrassed by being sad, and we go off by ourselves to hide and cry by ourselves. But, really, it's a way of re-establishing relationship.
We can't have happiness if we cause others unhappiness.
I just can't stand jazzrock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet.