“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung out into the cosmic… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“Many of us are failed secret attempts to keep our parents together.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“In countless cases, parenthood has been the worst attempt to contribute something positive to the world.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“But it's a curse, a condemnation, like an act of provocation, to have been aroused from not being, to have been conjured… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
“Tis but a day we sojourn here below, And all the gain we get is grief and woe, Then, leaving our life's… — Omar Khayyám Copy Share Image
“Parents have a child, and in doing so they bring into the world a monster that kills everything it comes in contact… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“There is a further (non-distributional) consideration that can affect an assessment of a life’s quality. Arguably, once a life reaches a certain… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
“ Free Shoes The pairs of shoes stand in rows, polished and jet, like coffins for small pets, lined with off-white. Evacuated… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
“Refusing to have a child is the highest degree of rebellion, after suicide; one of the best uses of the mind; and… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“He seriously thought that there is less harm in killing a man than producing a child: in the first case you are… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Being a person is not nearly as overrated as having played a part in the initiation of the process that has led… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It is not only the ratio of pleasure to pain that determines the quality of a life, but also the sheer quantity… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to bring a child into this world for its own sake.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“This is not to offer a general recommendation of suicide. Suicide, like death from other causes, makes the lives of those who… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
“As a movement (rather than a preference), the goal of antinatalism is that no humans should have children. What ambassadors, then, are… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“A child is one of the most common results of the lack or loss of self-control.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It is not the case that one can create new people on the assumption that if they are not pleased to have… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
“Mr. Reese had told him that life, at its core, was a cruel burden because we had the knowledge that we were… — Willy Vlautin Copy Share Image
