It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
“It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.”
— W. H. Davies · Birth
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It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
“It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.”
— W. H. Davies · Birth
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“It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.”
“But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near.”
“Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses. The truth of the matter was that in less than a week I was well dressed from head to foot, all of these things being voluntary offerings, when in quest of eatables.”
“My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.”
“Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'”
“My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.”
“Britain has had some very strong and successful queens throughout history, but, since the Act of Succession in 1701, they have only been eligible to take the throne if they had no brothers. If there was a boy in the family, no matter where he came in the order of birth, he leapfrogged his sisters to take the title.”
“By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.”
“Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.”
“The process of birth and the growth of human body into a complicated system are still a marvel for me.”
“In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.”
“Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.”