Sophia Gave Birth

Famous quotes containing the words gave and/or birth:

“And though your daisies are an unwanted death,
I wade through the smell of their cancer
and recognize the prognosis,
its cartful of loss . . .
I say now,
you gave what you could.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“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)