Abstaining Quote by Anne Taylor Fleming

“In the 1950s at least less was expected of women. Now we're supposed to build a career, build a home, be the supermum that…

— Sara Sheridan

Life was hard on mothers; but then, they just didn't understand.

— James T. Farrell

The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she…

— Hugh Hefner

We also knew we definitely wanted to infuse into the narrative the relation of women at different ages with motherhood, their relationship with their…

— Rania Attieh

The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband,…

— Candace Bushnell

Motherhood to me is something that I always wanted, but never quite knew how it was going to happen.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

“was particularly hard for women now, when there were so many children left without”

— Alexander McCall Smith

I wasn't like a Fifties dad.

— Martin Freeman

“By the time the sixties hit their home bases, we the kids, were already born, and our parents found themselves stuck between an entrenched…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

My mom lost her mom at a very early age, and she was so excited to be a mother. Sometimes that can translate into…

— Molly Gordon

The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.

— Anonymous

I think, you know, it was something that I really wanted. I wanted so much to have a son or daughter. We adopted a…

— Connie Chung