“Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of the three times I have been present at the birth of one of my children, I have been overwhelmed by a sense of reverence... It was quite suddenly, the first day of creation; the Goddess giving birth to a world... Like men since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create that will equal the magnificence of this new life?”
Sam Keen
“Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it.”
Jean Kerr
“To witness the birth of a child is our best opportunity to experience the meaning of the word miracle.”
Paul Carvel
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
Elizabeth Stone
“A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.”
Frank A. Clark
“The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing”
Kin Hubbard
“Only mothers can think of the future-because they give birth to it in their children.”
Maxim Gorky
