“I always say my biological clock must be digital, because I've never heard it ticking.”
― Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts
― Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts
“It also seems honorable that another woman would value motherhood over all my priorities. But I do not believe that I am selfish and she is not. There are women who chose motherhood for selfish reasons. There are mothers who act selfishly even if they chose motherhood in a burst of altruistic love. Selfishness and generosity are not relegated to particular life choices and if generosity is a worthy life goal--and I believe it is--perhaps our task is to choose the path that for us creates its best opportunity.”
― Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids
― Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids
“Real women have children, wise women choose for themselves.”
― Do I Have To Be A Mother?: A Childfree Woman's Struggle with Doubt and Loneliness
― Do I Have To Be A Mother?: A Childfree Woman's Struggle with Doubt and Loneliness
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