#birth

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#birth #give #gleams #grave #instant

Abby touched her palm to my cheek. "You know what, Mr. Maddox?" "What, baby?" Her expression turned serious. "In another life, I could love you." I watched her for a moment, staring into her glassed over eyes. She was drunk, but just for a moment it didn't seem wrong to pretend that she meant it. "I might love you in this one. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beauty

It was harder to get my driver's license than to get pregnant and give birth. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#driver #get #give #harder #license

When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#broken #child #found #given #had

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#birth #death #engaged #life #peace

This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security. ↗

— Art Buchwald

#again #celebrate #homeland #homeland security #i

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#also #as far as #birthday #call #calling

Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit. ↗

— Liv Ullmann

#ibsen #norwegian #spirit #universal

I'd sleep in a little, work out, do laundry, run errands, buy presents for people with birthdays coming up. I like it when I don't have to be anywhere, and anything I do is my choice. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#anywhere #birthdays #buy #choice #coming

I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry; the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#architect #birthday #britney #britney spears #buildings