Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. Andy Warhol
Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head. Carol Burnett
Our birth is nothing but our death begun. Edward Young
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it. Sophocles
The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety. Sigmund Freud
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana
Don’t tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won’t respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, ‘Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.’ Joan Rivers
Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one. Gloria Steinem
No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one. E M Cioran