Best Ayelet Waldman Quotes
- I've sometimes thought that it's only by recalling that desperate devotion my kids once felt for me that I can maintain my own desperate devotion… Adolescent
- In every union roles are assumed, some traditional, some not. My husband used to pay his own bills, I used to call my own repairman.… Areas
- Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But… Ask
- My kids are incredibly secure. More and more of their friends' parents are divorcing, but my kids have absolute confidence that we'll stay together forever.… Absolute
- My own husband was divorced when we met, but without kids. I don't know what I would have done if he'd had them. I got… Children
- Personally, I think four is the perfect number of children for our particular family. Four is enough to create the frenzied cacophony that my husband… Cacophony
- Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail… Carnegie
- So many women today have become so focused on their children, they've developed these romantic entanglements with their children's lives, and the husbands are secondary.… Children
- The stereotypical gay man is someone whose company I enjoy, someone who makes me laugh, someone I'd want my kid to be. The stereotypical gay… Company
- Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the… Consciousness
- When the babies were very young, I found it difficult to write. I told myself each time that it would be different, I was used… Accomplish
- When we choose to have an abortion, we must do so understanding the full ramifications of what we are doing. Anything less feels to me… Abnegation
- Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair, sitting with them… Any
- You can take the babushka off the Jewish mother and dress her up in a pair of Seven jeans and Marc Jacobs sling-backs, but she's… Babushka
- A good mother remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto… Active
- I hate homework. I hate it more now than I did when I was the one lugging textbooks and binders back and forth from school.… Binders
- I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I… Accepting
- I believe that mothers should tell the truth, even - no, especially - when the truth is difficult. It's always easier, and in the short… All
- If producing a regular column is living out loud, then keeping a daily blog is living at the top of your lungs. For a couple… Banshee
- There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent… Always Imagined
- If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am… Anyone
- I expend far too much of my maternal energies on guilt and regret. Energies
- I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan - it was a graduation requirement. Funny
- I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information… Bipolar
- Listen to the pregnant woman. Value her. She values the life growing inside her. Listen to the pregnant woman, and you cannot help but defend… Abortion
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