#birth

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#birth #death #engaged #life #peace

Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit. ↗

— Liv Ullmann

#ibsen #norwegian #spirit #universal

He knows he will be born again, And start fresh anew. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#born-again #circling #dejan-stojanovic #fresh #fresh-start

Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#aristocracy #birthright #meritocracy #nobility #talent

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved. ↗

— Mark Twain

#birth #funeral #grieve #involved #person

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#birthday #birthdays #care #celebrate #else

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#certainty #committing #delight #evil #found

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#birth #give #gleams #grave #instant

Abby touched her palm to my cheek. "You know what, Mr. Maddox?" "What, baby?" Her expression turned serious. "In another life, I could love you." I watched her for a moment, staring into her glassed over eyes. She was drunk, but just for a moment it didn't seem wrong to pretend that she meant it. "I might love you in this one. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beauty

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#defends #electric #friend #gets #her