Children Quote by Gustave Flaubert

“...I shall be as tender to you as my father was not to me. For what's the point of breeding children, if each generation…

— Hilary Mantel

“Makes me see that there might be some sense to having children after all, just so your entire life and all your family’s contributions…

— Eowyn Ivey

“Alas! It seems to me that when one is as good as this at dissecting children who are to born, one can’t stiffen up…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Now I understand why women want to have children - it's simply the urge to create happiness for yourself, somehow to fill the oppressive,…

— Nina Lugovskaya

“It is too late for me to feel paternal now. Whatever inside me that might once have been capable of nurturing my child had…

— Oliver Bowden

“Oh no. I don’t do children. They’re small, needy, easily destroyed. Let’s be honest. I’ve come a long way from my family history,”

— Lisa Gardner

“I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life; I don't…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I can't believe our parents wanted more offspring after you," Rayna tells Grom. Even hoarse, she's still able to infuse her irritation in each…

— Anna Banks

“As if I would EVER give birth. I suppose a well-mannered little six-year-old would be all right, but they simply don’t COME that way.…

— Meg Cabot

“Children born to unwed mothers,’ he said after a long silence, ‘have parts of their souls missing.”

— Bernard Cornwell

“The best part about having children is being able to point at them and proudly proclaim, "Hey, I made those.”

— Jarod Kintz

“One of the great solaces of my life is that I no longer need to wonder whether I’ll have children.”

— Sarah Manguso