Gertrude Stein
(1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
“You have no birthday because you have always lived; you were never born, and never will die.”
There's No Such Place As Far Away (1978)
Context: You have no birthday because you have always lived; you were never born, and never will die. You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.
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