Before Quotes

“The other world, Bobby?” and he said, “The world where I was waiting to get born. People don’t get sick there. They are just happy and never get sick. I wish we didn’t get sick in this world.”
― Jim B. M.D. Tucker, Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives

“In these cases, the birthmarks and birth defects can provide a concrete indication of a connection between the subject and the previous personality. Since they remain on the body, birthmarks and defects are not dependent on witnesses’ memories to be part of the case. When an autopsy report or a medical record of the previous personality is available, as it was in Süleyman’s case, researchers can objectively compare it to the birthmarks to see how well they correspond. Such birthmarks and birth defects are not rare among our cases. A third of the cases from India include birthmarks or birth defects that are thought to correspond to wounds on the previous personalities, with 18 percent of those including medical records that confirm the match. I should note that the actual percentage of all children reporting past-life memories who have birthmarks might be much lower. We often have to make decisions about which cases”
― Jim B. Tucker, Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives

“These cases are not about “proof,” they are about evidence. Since this work has taken place in the messy real world rather than a tightly controlled laboratory, proof is not possible. This is often the”
― Jim B. Tucker, Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives