“Neglect of an effective birth control policy is a never-failing source of poverty which, in turn, is the parent of revolution and crime.” TurnsParentPovertyFailingCrimePolicySourceRevolutionBirthNeglectBirth Control Author:Aristotle
“Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their selfhood reappears in new births. Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making.” IfsPainMovingDesireTurnsEvilCausesPleasureResultsExistenceHellSawsBirthCreaturesIndividualityDeedsKarmaDisgustingThirstCraveLiving CreaturesObnoxious Author:Gautama Buddha
“Stories twist and turn and grow and meet and give birth to other stories. Here and there, one story touches another, and a familiar character, sometimes the hero, walks over the bridge from one story into another.” GivingSometimesCharacterStoriesTurnsGrowsWalksBirthHeroFamiliarBridgesTwistsHere And ThereTwists And Turns Book:Blood Red, Snow White: n/a Source: Blood Red, Snow White: n/a
“... we are each shaped from our birth, not only by the blood and inheritance that lies behind us, but also by those we love and by whom we are loved in turn, by the knowledge given to our thirsty minds, to the learning of ourselves.” MindLyingTurnsGivenBehindsBloodBirthInheritanceThirstyThose We Love Book:Wraiths of Time Source: Wraiths of Time
“. . . the labor with which we give birth is simply a rehearsal for something we mothers must do over and over: turn ourselves inside out, and then let go.” GivingMotherTurnsBirthLetting GoLaborRehearsal Author:Susan Piver
“Whatever each individual woman is facing; only she knows her biggest challenge. However, if we add up the problems that affect the biggest numbers of women, then issues having to do with physical safety and reproduction are still the biggest. Female bodies are still the battleground, whether that means restricting freedom, birth control and safe abortion in order to turn them into factories, or abandoning female infants because females are less valuable for everything other than reproduction.” IfsKnowsMeanStillsProblemBodyOrderTurnsIndividualChallengesNumbersIssuesBirthSafeFemaleSafetyAddValuableAbortionFactoriesInfantReproductionBirth ControlFemale BodyBattleground Author:Gloria Steinem