It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.


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Loneliness is such an omnipotent and painful threat to many persons that they have little conception...
ROLLO MAY
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
ROLLO MAY
In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
THERESA MAY
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circle...
MAY SARTON
Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to...
MAY SARTON
In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I...
IMELDA MAY
If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in polit...
THERESA MAY
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substan...
THERESA MAY
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
THERESA MAY
The use of water cannon could have changed the face of British policing; it would have made a huge d...
THERESA MAY
It's got big floor plates, a good elevator system. It's a world-class building, which corporations a...
ANDY MAY
The way it's designed, it's compatible for most suburban office users.
ANDY MAY
We are excited to be playing a key role in Cisco's execution of their IP next generation network vis...
ANDY MAY
We continue to see strong demand for our solutions across Europe and the dedicated team in Scotland ...
ANDY MAY
Bob's leadership within professional services and customer support, and Chad's extensive marketing a...
ANDY MAY
We are extremely pleased to be working with BT on a project that once again demonstrates that BT is ...
ANDY MAY
Television is a very highly constructed, and edited, and censored, and tailored, and marketed realit...
JODHI MAY
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One ...
ROLLO MAY
It's going to be fun. It's going to be a battle. We know what's coming, they know what's coming. It'...
ALYSSA MAY
It feels awesome. Our team's leaving a mark on River Dell. We'll be remembered for something.
ALYSSA MAY
This feels awesome. We didn't want to share the league championship with them. We wanted to show wha...
ALYSSA MAY
We just calmed it down and slowed it down in our minds so it would be easier. We had to work for the...
ALYSSA MAY
Poverty is about people lacking the tools they need to get on in life. And solving it is about tackl...
THERESA MAY
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.
BRIAN MAY
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of gettin...
BRIAN MAY
There must be no attempts to remain inside the E.U., no attempts to rejoin it through the back door,...
THERESA MAY
Poverty is not just about income: it's about aspiration. It's not just about giving people a...
THERESA MAY
One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the loca...
IMELDA MAY
Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
ROLLO MAY
The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become.
MAY SARTON
I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage...
IMELDA MAY
I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved ...
IMELDA MAY
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have...
ROLLO MAY
It is all around us, hidden in plain sight. It is walking our streets, supplying shops and supermark...
THERESA MAY