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1 " It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physician or midwife if no complications develop during a course of labor. "
― Ina May Gaskin , Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
2 " The archetype of the witch is long overdue for celebration. Daughters, mothers, queens, virgins, wives, et al. derive meaning from their relation to another person. Witches, on the other hand, have power on their own terms. They have agency. They create. They praise. They commune with nature/ Spirit/God/dess/Choose-your-own-semantics, freely, and free of any mediator. But most importantly: they make things happen. The best definition of magic I’ve been able to come up with is “symbolic action with intent" — “action" being the operative word. Witches are midwives to metamorphosis. They are magical women, and they, quite literally, change the world. "
3 " Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains. "
― Alain de Botton , The Art of Travel
4 " The Chinese poet George Wu ... recorded on his comlog: " Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become." Later, on his last disk to his lover the week before he died, Wu said: " Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers. "
