Quote by Curtis Sittenfeld

“You’ve never called the baby by name before.” This earned her a twitch of his lips, maybe impatience, maybe humor. “We’re drinking companions now.…

— Grace Burrowes

“I knew instantly that she would be joining the ranks of the many used girls who lived with their parents when the father had…

— Tendai Huchu

“My wife was out and I was home alone with Emma when my mother called. She said, "Oh, so you're babysitting?" As politely as…

— Lawrence J. Cohen

“I have a fleeting fantasy of telling her that procreation isn't a contest, any more than SAT scores and making the cheerleading squad and…

— Emily Giffin

“I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.”

— Don Johnson

“she had this look of calmness, of concentration, the look, I think, of all women who for the first time are with child and…

— Paul Scott

“Above all, she was a baby, not a 'big baby' like so many adults, but a small baby perfectly preserved in the pickling jar…

— Edward St. Aubyn

“How do women all know what to do with babies? It's like they have their own special kind of sorcery.”

— Rae Carson

“She may not be able to teach the baby how to cook, but she could teach the child how to shoot a gun and…

— Kathleen Brooks

“I wonder what my baby is thinking at this moment," he called, rubbing his stomach with his hands. What I was thinking about was…

— Wally Lamb

“The opening line of her last column was: You know you really don’t fit in with the other housewives you meet when the only…

— Shweta Ganesh Kumar

“I had to learn how to be a mother before I realized how lucky I am to be a child.”

— Jodi Picoult