There I was out in the barn playing midwife to a pregnant mare. I remember sitting there, spinning yarn in the light of a little oil lamp, a city girl who knew nothing about farming, sitting on the deel beside that mother in pain, already beginning the birthing process. All around me there was darkness and perfect silence, except for the mother's pain. It was as if the war didn't exist in those hours.

About This Quote

About Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say

Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say.

Themes

  • Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it
  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

More quotes by Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say

Related Quotes