Humanity Quote by Alicia Ostriker
“The writer who is a mother should, I think, record everything she can: make notes, keep journals, take photographs, use a tape recorder, and remind herself that there is a subject so incalculably vast significance to humanity, about which virtually nothing is known because writers have not been mothers.”
About This Quote
Motherhood offers a unique, expansive perspective on humanity that is largely undocumented, urging women writers to capture its depth through varied media.
In simple terms: Motherhood provides untapped insight.
Key Takeaway
Document maternal experience.
Themes
Gender
Perspective
Documentation
Humanity
Creativity
Mood
Reflective
Urgent
Hopeful
Type
Observation
Advice
When to use this quote
- Writing memoirs
- Creating documentaries
- Academic research on gender
- Developing curricula on women's studies
Key Concepts
Maternal insight
Narrative gaps
Multimedia recording
Practical Applications
- Journalism
- Creative nonfiction
Questions to Reflect On
- How does motherhood reshape our understanding of humanity?
- What barriers prevent mothers from recording their experiences?
![“You live with a writer [a mother], and you grow up with their words, their kind of fantasies, and I'd pretty much seen every single one of her plays, and been in a lot of rehearsal rooms, so it felt very natural and easy. It was lovely to get an opportunity to do that professionally as well.” quote by Keira Knightley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f4/keira-knightley-3384_easy_you-live-with-a-writer-a-mother-and-you_359723.jpg)
![“[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went to some demonstrations for integrating housing.” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e3b/jill-stein-660_demonstration_my-parents-were-very-interested-in-socia_216160.jpg)
