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Quote by Joseph Campbell

“Giving birth is definitely a heroic deed, in that it is the giving over of oneself to the life of another.”

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This book delves into the profound influence of myths on human thought, behavior, and cultural development, offering insights into the universal themes and archetypes found in myths across different cultures and eras. more

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Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell was an American writer, scholar, and mythologist, renowned for his studies of world mythology. His work, 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces', has had a profound impact on modern culture, widely used in literature, film, and psychology fields. more

“I think we're all just doing our best to survive the inevitable pain and suffering that walks alongside us through life. Long ago, it was wild animals and deadly poxes and harsh terrain. I learned about it playing The Oregon Trail on an old IBM in my computer class in the fourth grade. The nature of the trail has changed, but we keep trekking along. We trek through the death of a sibling, a child, a parent, a partner, a spouse; the failed marriage, the crippling debt, the necessary abortion, the paralyzing infertility, the permanent disability, the job you can't seem to land; the assault, the robbery, the break-in, the accident, the flood, the fire; the sickness, the anxiety, the depression, the loneliness, the betrayal, the disappointment, and the heartbreak. There are these moments in life where you change instantly. In one moment, you're the way you were, and in the next, you're someone else. Like becoming a parent: you're adding, of course, instead of subtracting, as it is when someone dies, and the tone of the occasion is obviously different, but the principal is the same. Birth is an inciting incident, a point of no return, that changes one's circumstances forever. The second that beautiful baby onto whom you have projected all your hopes and dreams comes out of your body, you will never again do anything for yourself. It changes you suddenly and entirely. Birth and death are the same in that way.”

Life Death Change Birth Tragedy

Book:Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss

Source: Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss

“Hello world, goodbye womb.”

World Change Born Baby Birth Goodbye Pregnancy Hello Womb New

Author:Steven Magee

“A life as long as the Minotaur's - that half-man half-bull, and fully scapegoat - a life that long doubles back on itself from time to time. Caves in. The minuscule tectonics of being alive, among the wholly human, always unsettling. The world shifts continuously beneath his feet. The Minotaur came from misspent want, from the planked birth canal, came from blood-drenched stone walls, from yellow thread. Belayed by desire, the beast pulled himself along. Pulled himself through centuries, through zeitgeists and kitchens, through paradigms and junkyards. Pulls still. Home.”

Want Birth Connection Scapegoat Unsettling The Minotaur Kitchens Misspent Want Tectonics Zeitgeists

Book:The Minotaur Takes His Own Sweet Time

Source: The Minotaur Takes His Own Sweet Time

“We were once indigenous enough to drink the rain.”