Having a baby Quote by Chelsea Camaron

“finally turned away. My aunt stood watching from the back door, frail and hunched. “Tell me the rest,” I said, and she did, her…

— Kate Quinn

“In those days my mother was given to the exasperating and mysterious habit of having babies.”

— James Baldwin

“Her mother was by turns tender and pathetic and terrifying, broken in a way that no one, in that time or place, had any…

— Karen Abbott

“I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.”

— Laura Whitcomb

“And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter, whose long battle with…

— Barack Obama

“Then the real fear began. With the baby outside me and vulnerable, I suddenly saw the world as hostile and dangerous. Anything, including my…

— Katherine Dunn

“She had born a child but two hours ago. She was so weak that she couldn't lift her head an inch from the pillow,…

— Betty Smith

“She told herself a story about a daughter in a family so hungry for a daughter that it would have eaten her alive if…

— Jonathan Franzen

“I have looked at my father many times and wondered how he could stand knowing he was my mother’s ruin. He was too weak…

— Ayana Mathis

“My dear child," said Grandmother impatiently, "every human being has to make his own mistakes." She was very tired, and wanted to get home.”

— Tove Jansson

“Back in time it seemed that having a sister were a tragedy. Instead it is one of the best presents my parents could have…

— Sara Anzellotti

“Incessantly, it seemed, life plagued her with responsibilities, made her fall in love, ripped away any consolation she might find. Sisters and parents, brothers…

— Meg Rosoff