Emmy B

“She will tell her, she vows, that loving a child does not come naturally, not for everyone, not even if it is a child you have birth to.”
― Cherie Jones, How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

“Whether you have children, write books, sell pastries on the street or sign million-dollar business contracts, what matters is to be happy and fulfilled inside. Are you?”
― Elif Shafak, Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within

“I tell her I am not sure what to do, that maybe I’ve lost my imagination.
She says she never thought my work required much imagination, that it was copying an image over and over again.
I explain that I mean another kind of imagination, the kind that invents a world where my work matters. But the days seem endless and bright, so time doesn't seem to move.”
― Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar

“Inside the empty diner, Jude sat at the counter, reading a book. She was always reading, always alone.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half