Placenta/birth

Famous quotes containing the words placenta and/or birth:

“The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)

“That was the birth of sin. Not doing it, but KNOWING about it. Before the apple, [Adam and Eve] had shut their eyes and their minds had gone dark. Now, they peeped and pried and imagined. They watched themselves.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)