Children Quote by Jessica Valenti

I think that so many people who have children seem to want other people to have children in order to make their choice feel…

— Sheila Heti

But deciding not to have children is a very, very hard decision for a woman to make: the atmosphere is worryingly inconducive to saying,…

— Caitlin Moran

“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

Bizarrely, I've been called selfish for not having children. Surely it's more selfish to have a child when you don't really want a child?

— Jane Fallon

Having children is something we think we ought to do because our parents did it, but when it is over the children are just…

— John Updike

People who have children, by and large, want children. People who don't want children are people who, by and large, don't want to have…

— Angus Deaton

“All too often, those of us who choose to remain childless are accused of being somehow unwomanly or unnatural or selfish, but history teaches…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off…

— Linda Ronstadt

People still think that a woman who doesn't have children or doesn't want children is really lacking in something. I've seen this over and…

— Mary Gaitskill

“Those who do indeed decide to have a child might do so for any number of reasons, but among these reasons cannot be the…

— David Benatar

Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but we pay…

— Garrett Hardin

I think women are afraid to say that they don't want children because they're going to get shunned. But I think that's changing too…

— Cameron Diaz