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“I heard a baby cry. And this blood-splattered thing was put in my arms. My child. And, at that moment, it was like a gigantic plug appeared and - POW! - I was plugged into humanity in a way I'd nev...”
“Her time has come," answered Miss Lizzie. "That's why I didn't marry Harvey - long ago when he asked me. I was afraid of 'that'. So afraid." "I don't know," Miss Lizzie said. "Sometimes I think it'...”
“He carries no burden, he feels no pain. What man, like woman, lies down in the darkness and gets up with child? The gentle, smiling ones own the good secret. Oh, what strange wonderful clocks women...”
“On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars.”
“Men die in battle women die in childbirth.”
“The health of your future kids does not start with their birth—it starts with you, right now, well before you plan to impregnate your wife.”
