#birth

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.' ↗

— Sam Levenson

#arm #end #ever #fifth #find

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation. ↗

— Simin Daneshvar

#creation #given #i #i wish #know

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#decline #had #languages #their

At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#artist #becoming #could #i #rebirth

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#big #birthdays #concert #every #had

One thought I think every person eventually thinks is, “Holy shit, I’m going to die!” Sorry, I just turned thirty yesterday, so my mortality is on my mind.
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— Jarod Kintz

#anguish #birthday #death #die #human

One of the many problems with aging is that you begin to think of yourself as a slob because your birthday suit can never be cleaned or pressed no matter how spotted or wrinkled it gets ↗

— Bob Smith

#birthday-suit #wrinkles #age

You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been. ↗

— Aberjhani

#faith #healing #inner-peace #innocence #life-and-death

I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night. ↗

— Anne Rice

#wonder #beauty

Precarious, life is. A flying leap. A sweep of hand. A star flung across the night. A lucky catch in this whirling juggling circus act. From Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars ↗

— Rivera Sun

#courage #inspirational #life #philosophy #protest-novel