Happiness Quote by Lisa Unger

“Parenthood is the magnanimity of the soul, not the mere outcome of a biological process. (Dr Abin. From TATTERED LOTUS)”

— Dr. Abin

“Perhaps the immutable error of parenthood is that we give our children what we wanted, whether they want it or not. We heal our…

— Andrew Solomon

“At first parenthood was as I had expected, exhausting, sometimes heinous, and occasionally divine. I held my children close enough to feel them breathe,…

— Kelly Corrigan

“I had long since wished that they would have been born with a dictionary sized how-to guide in my placenta. It would have been…

— Anna Aquino

“Parenthood is shit, snot, slime, fear, tears, spit, and spills. It’s as intense as combat, which is to say hours of tedium relieved by…

— Scott Simon

“My children's life over mine any day, I'd give my last drop of blood for them.”

— Jessica Zayas

“If there’s one thing I learned, it is that blood families can sometimes be the pits; it’s the one you make for yourself that…

— Joss Stirling

Parenthood is a school for humility. We can't choose the precise traits of our children, and that is morally important. It teaches us what…

— Michael Sandel

“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

“Parenting is a crucible, filled with tears and anxiety and laughter. It will pierce your soul. And it will heal you. It is all…

— Josh Shipp

“I would not want to be a child again, for a child exists in uncertainty and danger. Our flesh and blood, we cannot help…

— Keith Donohue

The beggarly question of parentage--what is it, after all? What does it matter, when you come to think of it, whether a child is…

— Thomas Hardy