birth - quotes

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), 1835-1910

was an US humorist, novelist, short story author, and wit

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

Dorothy (Rothschild) Parker, 1893-1967

was an US author, humorist, poet, and wit

Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.

( telegram to friend who had given birth )