"I tell myself that after four children my……" — Ayelet Waldman
"I tell myself that after four children my belly is already so stretched and flabby that I have to do origami to get my pants buttoned. One more pregnancy and I'd be doomed to elastic waists for the rest of my life."
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85 Quotes by Ayelet Waldman
Ayelet Waldman has 85 quotes on this site.
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The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child.…
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When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.'…
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I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities…
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The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline.
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I had a second trimester abortion. I was pregnant with a much-wanted child who was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality.…
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Aborting my baby is the most serious of the many maternal crimes I tally in my head when I am…
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By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day…
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Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I…
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Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.
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I love my husband more than I love my children,
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Think about it, I say. How many straight men maintain inappropriately intimate relationships with their mothers? How many shop with…
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For a couple of months there I was shrieking like a banshee,
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
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For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see…
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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
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I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into…
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
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Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.
— Theodor Adorno
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Wouldn't it be great to see a line in all movie credits that truthfully says, 'Nobody was harmed in the…
— Elayne Boosler
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What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies…
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People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly…
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I am into belly dancing. I used to only hang with comics. Now I have friends who are dancers, and…
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I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
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There's something that just happens to you when you have a baby, and you look at their little eyes for…
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