Having kids Quote by John Irving

“Until fairly recently it would only have been a slight exaggeration to say that most Norwegians, if they were not themselves farmers or fishermen,…

— Tony Judt

“Bryna is convinced her children are bipolar, and I wasn’t going to swoop into a stranger’s home for an afternoon and tell them all…

— Jon Ronson

“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

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

— Sarah Manguso

“What saddens me most is that some poor woman out there has to be Garth's wife. And his three children -- oh, his poor…

— Benjamin Harrison

“Genetics aside, I don't see myself having kids. Not one? Eric asks. If I had one, I would want to have two, and if…

— Weike Wang

“But the thing about having kids is: you can’t go to pieces; you just have to keep going.”

— Helen Fielding

“Being childless by choice doesn't mean you hate kids,' wrote Jodi. 'In fact, my friends' children are smart, funny, loving, interesting people who just…

— Laura S. Scott

“Jenny: Ned, I am having difficulties forming the image of the woman you should marry in my mind. Tell me, how do you imagine…

— Courtney Milan

“Norwegians were not exactly what you might call a cultured people - Nikolai Loeb”

— Jo Nesbø

“I’m not really sure why Ziggy puts up with me. I’m broken. Mostly because of the broken woman who spawned me. I swear, adults…

— Rachel A. Marks

“My child? A man has no children, it is only woman who has children, and therefore the future is hers when we die childless.”

— August Strindberg