“Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's empty waves.” MenSeemsEarthSpaceSeaColdBirthDevilEmptyHotWaveIronCavesHacksDeep Sea Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“We were essentially torn from the Gaian womb, thrust into the birth canal of history, and expelled sometime around the fall of the Roman Empire into the cold hard world of modern science, existentialism and all the rest of it.” WorldHardFallModernColdBirthExistentialismEmpiresTornWombThrustRoman EmpireModern ScienceCanals Author:Terence McKenna
“But poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies.” ChildrenDoeScienceDiesPovertyGenerationsColdBirthPlantClimateSoilSevere Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“Winter near the shore is cold. The wind kicks up a salty mist and elephant seals come to shore to trumpet and rut and birth their pups. Retired people put sweaters on their lap dogs and drag them down the street on retractable leashes in a nightly parade of doggy humiliation. Surfers don their wetsuits against the chill of storm waves and white sharks adjust their diets to include shrink-wrapped dude-snacks on fiberglass crackers.” PeopleWhiteStreetsDogWindColdBirthWinterWaveStormDietsKicksShoreDragElephantsHumiliationChillShrinksRetiredLapMistSharksSealsTrumpetsParadesSweatersSnacksRutsSurferCrackersLeashesSaltyPupsLap Dogs Author:Christopher Moore
“Nothing is really lost or can be lost, No birth, identity, form--no object of the world, Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing... The body, sluggish, aged , cold--the embers left from early fires, ...shall duly flame again” WorldBodyFormLostLeftForceFireIdentityObjectsColdBirthFlamesVisibleEmbersSluggish Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new lungs. Everyone should remember being born. It doesn't seem fair that we only remember dying.” ShouldFirstsSeemsRememberWishBornMemoriesAirDyingColdBirthFairsViolentShockOxygenLungsCold Air Book:Fever Source: Fever
“What do we look for as reward? Some little sounds, and scents, and scenes A small hand darting strawberry-ward A woman's aprons full of greens. The sense that we have brought to birth Out of the cold and heavy soil, The blessed fruits and flowers of earth Is large reward for our toil.” LooksLittlesHandsEarthDesireSoundFlowerColdBirthSceneEssentialsGardenBlessedFruitRewardsHeavySoilGardeningScentToilStrawberriesApronsSmall Hands Author:Ruth Pitter