“I had this whole hippie idea of how easy raising a baby would be. How he would just eat and sleep and listen to Mozart, and I could just go on with my life the way it was. I was very wrong. It [being a mother] has taught me to be present and to live inside my body rather than in some out-there fantasy world.” WorldWayIdeasWholeBodyWould BeMotherEasySleepFantasyTaughtBabyGoes OnHippieBeing A MotherFantasy Worlds Author:Chiara Barzini
“There's something unnatural about a woman finding babies or, more specifically, conversation about babies, boring. They'll think she's bitter, jealous, lonely. But she's also bored of everybody telling her how lucky she is, what with all that sleep and all that freedom and spare time, the ability to go on dates or head off to Paris at a moments notice. It sounds like they're consoling her, and she resents this and feels patronized by it.” ThinkingFeelsMomentsSoundSleepAbilityBabyGoes OnLuckyConversationFindingsLonelyBoringBitterBoredParisJealousSparesUnnaturalResentSpare TimeConsoling Author:David Nicholls
“Of course love is a force in life. People will go on falling in love forever. And more important, sexual infatuation will enrapture everyone. Otherwise, no babies!” PeopleImportantFallCoursesForceLove IsForeverBabyGoes OnFalling In LoveInfatuationForever Love Author:Vivian Gornick
“Whatever cleaning goes on on the planet, women do 99% of it. But see, women are not as proud of their 99% as men are of our one! We clean something up, we're gonna talk about it all year long. It might be on the news, you don't know. A woman could be out re-paving the driveway. Men actually have enough gall to run out on the porch and go "Hey baby? Man, it's hot as hell out here, ain't it! Look, don't worry about emptyin' that ashtray in the den, I done got it, all right? Did it for you, sweet pea. I'm gonna go take a nap now, all right?"” KnowsMenYearsLooksLongDoneEnoughMightWalksWorryHellPlanetsSweetBabyGoes OnProudNewsHotCleanHeyCleaningNapsPorchPeasDensDrivewayAshtraysPavingSweet Peas Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.” ShouldChildrenGodOpinionBoysPositive ThinkingBabyGoes OnMemorialMy BabyNewbornBaby GirlBaby BoyNew BabyNew Baby BoyGirl ChildMy Baby Boy Author:Carl Sandburg