"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…"

"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…"

"And Venus, thou, with timely seed, Which may their after-comforts breed, Inform the gentle womb; Nor let it prove a t…"

"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 …"