Pregnancy Quotes - Page 23

• I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Love, Life, Believe

  Letter to Isabelle Amorous, February 1920.

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• There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Love, Writing, Pages

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• Life is a flame that is always burning itself out; but it catches fire again every time a child is born. Life is greater than death, and hope than despair.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Baby, Flames, Life Is Like

  "The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw".

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• Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.

  Sarah Dessen

  Love, Inspirational, Strong

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.180, Penguin

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• When I look around today, the biggest anachronism I see is pregnancy. I just can't believe that people are still pregnant.

  Andy Warhol

  Believe, People, Looks

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.131, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Love, Marriage, Acceptance

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.394, A&C Black

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• The worst storyline Ive ever been involved in I wasnt involved in, because I was clever enough to get pregnant with my second child and they wrote me out and they replaced me with Christine Jones. And thank God - that was the worst storyline.

  Erika Slezak

  Children, Clever, Thank God

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• I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.

  Leven Rambin

  Country, Real, Culture

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Ariel Gordon is superbly, supremely, a poet of the body. She finds words for the physicality of the forest, of the garden, of pregnancy. Hump speaks the erotics of being alive and being in love with being alive.

  Robert Kroetsch

  Being In Love, Garden, Alive

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• On the one hand, then, in the reproductive functions proper-menstruation, defloration, pregnancy and parturition-woman is biologically doomed to suffer. Nature seems to have no hesitation in administering to her strong doses of pain, and she can do nothing but submit passively to the regimen prescribed. On the other hand, as regards sexual attraction, which is necessary for the act of impregnation, and as regards the erotic pleasures experienced during the act itself, the woman may be on an equal footing with the man.

  Princess Marie Bonaparte

  Strong, Pain, Men

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• I had a second trimester abortion. I was pregnant with a much-wanted child who was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality. I made a choice to terminate the pregnancy. It was my third pregnancy, and I was very obviously showing. More important, I could feel the baby move.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Baby, Children, Moving

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• No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception

  Grantly Dick-Read

  Birth, Painful, Natural

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• I can’t wait to have more kids. I love being pregnant. I have such an incredible connection with myself and with my body that I’ve never had before.

  Jessica Simpson

  Kids, Love Is, Waiting

  "Jessica Simpson: I Already Want to Have More Kids" by DAHVI SHIRA, people.com. November 10, 2011.

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• I would want them to really think about how amazing they are and how lucky they are to be a woman. And how powerful they are. And I'd tell them to love every day of it because it's the biggest miracle and a woman that's able to give birth is the most important, lucky, fortunate woman in the world.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Powerful, Thinking, Giving

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• I am so looking forward to it. I made sure I had a strong foundation before I became pregnant and I think that's the most important thing. There were a lot of things that I wanted to do personally so that when the time came, I really knew who I was and could be the best mother.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Mother, Strong, Thinking

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• I don't really have any different cravings from the ones that I had before. I've always liked food that is not good for you, and I still do. But I think I've been really good with eating healthy. I think probably the biggest thing is french fries, but that's nothing new. Right now, I'm trying to force myself to drink water with lemon. Bo-ring.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Thinking, Water, Healthy

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• Yes, I will probably be that way. I am sure I will. I think that it shouldn't stop you. I think of course my life is going to change, and I definitely will make sacrifices, but you know, I think I will be able to bring hopefully my little rider with me.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Littles

  "Beyonce discusses pregnancy and her new fragrance". Interview with Alicia Quarles, newsok.com. September 22, 2011.

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• Actually I am having so much fun, it has been the most fun time now that it has been announced and I don't have to, you know, it was really difficult to conceal, but now that I can be proud and excited about it I'm having so much fun shopping - it's great.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Fun, Shopping, Proud

  "Beyonce and Tina Knowles on fashion collection and pregnancy". Interview with Becky Anderson, www.cnn.com. September 20, 2011.

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• And my husband and I have been together for 10 years, so I guess people felt a part of it and it makes me feel really good

  Beyonce Knowles

  Husband, Years, People

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• My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies and betrayals - I remained faithful, hopeful, and open to seeing the best in people, regardless of whether they were showing me their worst. I stayed open to believing that no matter how hard the climb, there is always a way to let in a sliver of light to illuminate the path forward.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Betrayal, Lying, Believe

  "Oprah On Turning 60: ‘Every Day And Every Breath Is Magic’" by Oprah Winfrey, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 29, 2014.

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• States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

  Plato

  Plato, Philosophical, Character

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• As the most religious country of the 18 surveyed, the U.S. also comes in with the highest rates for teen pregnancy and for gonorrhea and syphilis.

  Gwynne Dyer

  Country, Religious, Gonorrhea

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• I can't help but be a different person now that I've had kids. That really does change your whole perspective on life for the better.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Kids, Motherhood, Perspective

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• The United States of America have taken their name from the United States of the Netherlands.

  Seth Low

  Taken, Names, America

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• A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings.

  Susie Orbach

  Play, Wanted

  "Abortion services aren't about selling soap powder or shoes" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2011.

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