Postpartum Doula Quotes & Sayings

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian. — William Godwin

Man's nature is not a bit the same as wines. He loses flavour as his life declines. We drink the oldest wine that comes our way. Old men get nasty, old wines make us gay. — Alexis Sanchez

The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address. — Mercy Otis Warren

I'd make a good friend, not mother. I'm too selfish. I think a lot of mothers are selfish and they end up having children, but I don't want to put some small tiny person through that. — Tracey Emin

Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old. — Frank Lloyd Wright

In the end, we choose what we want to believe. We shape the truth to fit our requirements, because otherwise life would be just too hard to bear. — Tom Bale

On a slightly unconnected note, I am sorry to report that babies, as a collective species, are largely oblivious to my charms. — Amruta Patil

Perhaps what set the saints apart - the holy women and men - was that they held fast to what they had seen, not allowing their realisation to fade and die, but they held on, held on and refused to let go, saw forgetfulness as a tool of the devil and held on. Maybe this was the secret. — John Ajvide Lindqvist

There are no characters in the limited series Fargo that are derived from the characters in the film Fargo. It's hard to describe how remarkably true to the film the show is. — John Landgraf

I was this weird little bookish giant. — Aisha Tyler

I crave a cone of silence every once in while. — Laura Linney

This is the way of love, I find; one longs so fervently for the beloved to achieve the best ends that he is spared nothing. — Mary Stewart

Follow Through is elegant, sure footed, smart - a nest of sticks that won't stay sticks - a nest of sticks that snowballs - scary and marvelous. — Lucy Corin