Quote by Isak Dinesen
The moment she had laid the child to the breast both became perfec

The moment she had laid the child to the breast both became perfectly calm. – Isak Dinesen

Other quotes by Isak Dinesen

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine. – Isak Dinesen

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Age
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When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. – Isak Dinesen

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work
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Breastfeeding
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A primary role of the father is to teach the baby that love and comfort are not necessarily associated with food. – Author Unknown

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Breastfeeding

The benefits to the mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional gratification, the feeling of strength, the composure, and the sense of fulfillment that comes with the handling and suckling of the baby. – Ashley Montague

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Breastfeeding

What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties! – Henry David Thoreau

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Breastfeeding

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three. – Grantly Dick-Read

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Breastfeeding

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