It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money. – Elinor Goulding Smith

A baby is a blank cheque made payable to the human race. – Barbara Christine Seifert

Aside from new babies, new mothers must be the most beautiful creatures on earth. – Terri Guillemets, 2010 January 26th, journal

Every child begins the world again…. – Henry David Thoreau