Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

Old soul cries through the tears of a newborn.

For the newborn and wise, everything begins small.

Nothing's scarier than having a sick child, and one so newly born, and so vulnerable. It's the worst thing for a parent.

The art wouldn’t complain if we leave her alone. Losing a touch with art, however, is losing a touch with our imagination.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.

[Magnus] held on to the boy, newborn in grave dirt and blood, and he wished that he had found him dead.

A newborn is murderous/but can't do anything about it.

I don't have a fear of becoming a parent, but I do have a fear of taking care of a newborn because they are so tiny and vulnerable.