"Thou art he who createst the man-child in woman, who makest seed in man, who giveth life to the son in the body of hi…"

"But thou art he that took me out of the womb: Thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast…"

"Our mothers’ wombs the tyring-houses be Where we are drest for this short comedy:"

"Your brother and his lover have embraced: As those that feed grow full, as blossoming time That from the seedness the…"

"A prettie rysing wombe without a weame, That shone as bright as anie siluer streame; And bare out like the bending of…"

"To Eve's womb, from our sweet to-morrow, God shall greatly multiply sorrow."

"It was a foot in name only. The misshapen mass looked more like a hoof bisected by a crack."

"Strange to think it was an erotic thing. To us, the smell of rotting flesh would be unbearable. But back then men wro…"

"The bandages that women used for footbinding were about 10 feet long, so it was difficult for them to wash their feet…"

"There's not a single other woman in Liuyicun who could fit their feet into my shoes. When my generation dies, people …"