Childfree By Choice Quotes

“I knew from a young age that motherhood was a cage I never wanted to inhabit.”
― Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

“What I hate is the thought of being under a man's thumb," I had told Doctor Nolan. "A man doesn't have a worry in the world, while I've got a baby hanging over my head like a big stick, to keep me in line."
"Would you act differently if you didn't have to worry about a baby?"
"Yes," I said, "but …" and I told Doctor Nolan about the married woman lawyer and her Defense of Chastity.
Doctor Nolan waited until I was finished. Then she burst out laughing. "Propaganda!" she said, and scribbled the name and address of this doctor on a prescription pad.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Extinction, while sad and scary, doesn't bother me as much as does the suffering of the individuals prior to being wiped out.”
― Henriette Mantel, No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood

“In choosing not to create life, you overcome the powerful biological imperative embedded in every cell of your being.”
― Danny Shine, Thank You for Not Breeding

“i didn’t want kids back when i was a kid,
changing my brothers’ stinky nappies at 7 years old
&i haven’t changed me mind

&if i’m ever unsure,
just remember that
uncertainty is certainly rejection”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“if children weren’t so childish,
i’d have children
but that doesn’t even matter

i love children
but i don’t want to acc have any”
― Malab, The Komorébi, The Breast Mountains Of All Time

“The children had invaded Halim’s life, and he never got used to the fact. Still, they were his children and he spent time with them, told them stories. He was what you could call a father, but one who was aware that children had robbed him of a large part of his privacy and pleasure. Years later, they would rob him of serenity and good humor.”
― Fábio Moon, Two Brothers

“What Halim had so fervently wanted, the two brothers accomplished: neither of them had children. Some of our desires are only fulfilled by others. Our nightmares belong to us.”
― Fábio Moon, Two Brothers

“If you had any compassion, you'd realize that Lindsay's been working toward this her entire life, and that if she wanted to be your walking uterus and au pair, she'd have volunteered for that task years ago.”
― Rachel Kapelke-Dale, Ballerinas

“You need a certain mentality to cope with children. I don't have it. Thank God.”
― Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

“The fact is, I don't want children. Ever. And when I'm thirty, I'm gettin' fixed." Zach frowned and leaned back. Could he have heard her correctly? She didn't want children? Ever? She didn't pine to be a mother? To know the joy of childbirth? Blah, blah, blah? He grabbed her tight by the shoulders and stared straight at her. "My God, woman, I've been waiting for you all my life!" Startled by his shout, Sara reared back and fell off the couch. “Shit, are you okay?" Zach looked down at her as she raised herself on her elbows. "What the fuck was that?" "That,” he quickly slipped the condom on and was off the couch and between her legs, “was utter fucking joy. That's what that was.”
― Shelly Laurenston, Pack Challenge

“Women are judged whatever choice they make about children. Too many and you’re selfish—not enough time for each kid! Just one and you’re selfish—children need siblings to thrive! None and you’re selfish— why don’t you care about children? Whatever choice we make, it seems we just can’t win.”
― Dr. Amy Blackstone