“As a child, I thought I hated everybody, but when I grew up I realized it was just children I didn't like.” ChildrenGrewGrew UpI RealizedHated Author:Philip Larkin
“My child looked at me and I looked back at him in the delivery room, and I realized that out of a sea of infinite possibilities it had come down to this: a specific person, born on the hottest day of the year, conceived on a Christmas Eve, made by his father and me miraculously from scratch.” YearsChildrenPersonsMadeFatherBornRoomsSeaPossibilityInfiniteI RealizedMy ChildrenScratchesDeliveryInfinite PossibilitiesChristmas EveHottestDays Of The YearDelivery Room Book:Living Out Loud Source: Living Out Loud
“Assoon as I stepped out of my mother's womb on to dry land, I realized that I had made a mistake?but the trouble with children is that they are not returnable.” ChildrenMadeMotherMistakeTroubleLandI RealizedDryWombMade A MistakeDry Land Author:Quentin Crisp