#birth

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval ↗

If a mother is mourning not for what she has lost but for what her dead child has lost, it is a comfort to believe that the child has not lost the end for which it was created. And it is a comfort to believe that she herself, in losing her chief or only natural happiness, has not lost a greater thing, that she may still hope to "glorify God and enjoy Him forever." A comfort to the God-aimed, eternal spirit within her. But not to her motherhood. The specifically maternal happiness must be written off. Never, in any place or time, will she have her son on her knees, or bathe him, or tell him a story, or plan for his future, or see her grandchild. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#death #grief #grieving #loss #miscarriage

The dream crossed twilight between birth and dying. ↗

— T.S. Eliot

#death #dream #dying #life #twilight

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. ↗

— Ovid

#youth

One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that's never been told. ~ Simon ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #birth

The year you were born marks only your entry into the world. Other years where you prove your worth, they are the ones worth celebrating.   ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#accomplishment #achieve #achievement #birth #birthday

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt. ↗

— William Blake

#pain #birth

They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#detachment #heart #heartbreak #birth

I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey. ↗