Debbie Reynolds
Actress, Singer
"Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life."
Childbirth quotes
Childbirth
11 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never know how much until you experience it."
Freeman Dyson
Theoretical Physicist
"The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered."
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