Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.
You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family.
I had no blood relatives till I made some.
Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood.
There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.
The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.