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We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.

To be a mother is a magical experience. The whole body is transformed by this.

There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.

I have two young children, and I will say that motherhood is its own peak, just like in the process of writing: one climbs and is continuously moving with each book. Becoming a mother is the greatest connection I've ever felt to being spiritual.

For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

As a child, my mother had instilled in me a feeling of being born for a purpose.

We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.