“Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth.” ChanceViolenceBirthViolentRebirth Author:Nick Nolte
“A home birth is about being able to create exactly what you want, because it's such a violent moment inside of the body that you want everything else to be as beautiful as it can be.” WantMomentsHomeBodyAbleBeautifulBirthWhat You WantViolentHome Birth Author:Erykah Badu
“Birth is of course violent. Menstruation is violent. Trust me, if men's penises opened up once a month and shot blood, we'd be hearing about the violence of it.” IfsMenCoursesViolenceBloodMonthsBirthShotsHearingViolentTrust MeMenstruation Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“My father was raised by a violent alcoholic. There was alcoholism in my mother's family. I'm half-adopted, and my birth father was a drug addict and alcoholic. So, I think they very consciously made decisions and parented me in a way that was aimed to help save me from that. So, I knew it would be particularly painful and it was, especially for my father.” ThinkingWayMadeHelpingWould BeMotherFatherDecisionHalfBirthDrugRaisedPainfulViolentAddictAdoptedAlcoholismAlcoholicsDrug AddictSave Me Author:Melissa Febos
“We still don't know for sure what the trigger was, but since we've discovered meteorites with supernova dust, we do know that a violent explosion rocked our cosmic neighborhood at the time of our birth, and it's quite possible that without it, our stable, stately solar system would never exist at all.” KnowsStillsBirthViolentDustNeighborhoodCosmicStableExplosionsTriggersSolar SystemSupernova Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.” LooksImagineBirthViolent Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“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
“Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.” ChildrenIdeasViolenceBirthViolentBirth Of A Child Book:A Woman's Worth Source: A Woman's Worth