Childless Quotes (46 quotes)

“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to please Society, the very same bitch that secretly regards them as subhuman.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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“The most out-there thing I’m saying is, ‘Don’t have babies. Don’t get married and have kids. Have a larger life than that.”
― Roseanne Barr

tags: babies, childfree, childless, children, life, marriage

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“Overpopulation is by far the worst kind of pollution.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: abortion, antinatalism, childfree, childless, contraception, family-planning, natalism, overpopulation, planned-parenthood, population

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“It is impossible to bring a child into this world for its own sake.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: abortion, antinatalism, childfree, childless, family-planning, natalism, parenthood, parenting, pessimism, procreation

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“Refusing to have a child is the highest degree of rebellion, after suicide; one of the best uses of the mind; and the best gift to the planet.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: antinatalism, childfree, childless, children, natalism, overpopulation, parenthood, pessimism, pollution, suicide

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“In countless cases, parenthood has been the worst attempt to contribute something positive to the world.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: abortion, antinatalism, change-the-world, childfree, childless, family, natalism, parenthood, world-changer, world-changers

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“Parents want the best for their children … for themselves.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: altruism, childfree, childless, children, parenting, pessimism, selfish, selfishness, selfless, selflessness

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“Tevis being childless meant you felt a little sorry for her, and a bit jealous. Probably the same way she felt about you.”
― Monica Ali, Untold Story

tags: childless

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“Some people became parents mainly or only to hide the fact that they are sexually attracted only to people of the same sex.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: childfree, childless, children, family, homophobia, homosexual, homosexuality, lgbt, parenthood, sexuality

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“Menstruation annoys the most females who lack the desire to someday fall pregnant.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: childfree, childless, feminism, menstruation, motherhood, periods, pregnancy, pregnant, sanitary-pads

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“Being a person is not nearly as overrated as having played a part in the initiation of the process that has led to the being of a person.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: anthropocentrism, antinatalism, childfree, childless, egoism, fatherhood, motherhood, natalism, parenthood, pessimism

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“Many of us are failed secret attempts to keep our parents together.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: antinatalism, antinatalist, breakup, child, childfree, childless, children, divorce, parenthood, pregnancy

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“A child is one of the most common results of the lack or loss of self-control.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: antinatalism, celibacy, childfree, childless, contraception, mgtow, overpopulation, pessimism, self-control, stoicism

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“Many millions of people secretly feel caged by employment, marriage, and/or parenthood.”
― @Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: childfree, childless, divorce, education, employment, marriage, mgtow, parenthood, pessimism, stoicism

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“We urgently need to either start increasing the size of our planet, or stop increasing the size of our population.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: childfree, childless, contraception, ecology, environment, overpopulation, pollution, population, reproduction, sex

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“The judge took into account “the profound despair of a woman unable to give life…” As if a man couldn’t be as deeply affected by the lack of a child, too.”
― Zidrou, The Adoption

tags: affected, childless, childlessness, despair, lack-of-children, men, men-and-women

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“Most people celebrate the continuity of their existence so passionately that you would swear they chose to exist.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: celebrate-life, childfree, childless, death, funeral-speech, life, pessimism, philosophy, stoicism, survival

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“Bleak pushed the chair around a corner so the light of the dying sun stained their faces a healthy red, and added, "Look, life gives us everything. Then it takes it away. Youth, love, happiness, friends. Darkness gets it all in the end. We didn't have enough sense to know you can will it-life-to others. Your looks, your youth. Pass it on. Give it away. It's lent to us for only a while. Use it, let go without crying. It's a very fancy relay race, heading God knows where. Except now, in your last lap of the race, you find no one waiting for you on the track ahead. Nobody for you to hand the stick to.”
― Ray Bradbury, Farewell Summer

tags: childless, heirless, no-children, no-heirs, old-age, old-men

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“If you like your evening plans you aren't allowed to regret what led you to them.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do

tags: childless, childlessness, single-life

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“Is there anyone dearer than the children of people you love, especially when you don’t have your own?”
― Lisa Unger, Under My Skin

tags: childless, infertility, love

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“Christmas was always the worst… What’s the point of Christmas without any kids to share it with?”
― Zidrou, The Adoption

tags: childless, childless-women, children, christmas, christmastime, holiday-season, holidays, kids, parenting

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“Many of those who society has pushed into pretending to like children do not even like people.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: child-free, childfree, childless, children, hate-people, hates-people, misanthrope, misanthropes, misanthropy, pessimism

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“Choisir sereinement de laisser la vie décider.”
― Isabelle TILMANT, Une Vie sans Enfant. Un Bonheur est Possible

tags: childfree, childless, choice, maternity, parentalité

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“I hope there is less stigma and judgment against working moms and childless career women. All should be acceptable positions and society should not judge.”
― Chan Heng Chee

tags: accept, career, childless, judge, judgement, position, society, stigma, working-mom

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“Some children are each loved by their stepparent, but not by their biological parent … or parents.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: adoption, biological-parent, biological-parents, childfree, childless, children, stepchild, stepchildren, stepparent, stepparents

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“Please God, let me be a mother.” The world stopped. I ceased to exist as a woman with a prayer. I became the prayer, the smoke, the fire, the air, the sound.”
― Ranjani Rao, Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

tags: childless, motherhood, prayer, woman, yearning

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“Buying a house is a choice for Childfree and Childless people, not a requirement.”
― Jay Zigmont, The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing

tags: childfree, childless, empowerment, financialdecisions, freedomofchoice, homeownership, individualpath, lifechoices, personaldecisions, societalexpectations

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“If you are a woman who has chosen not to have children, society will always ask you to justify it.”
― Gloria Steinem

tags: childless, feminism, independence

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“Not having children does not, as we childless people are often made to feel, render our lives less marked by love. How we cultivate the love we have to give to others outside the traditional family is itself a deep and beautiful work of gestation and sharing it where we choose is its own kind of suckling.”
― Shon Faye, Love in Exile

tags: childless, children, family, love

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