Birth Quote by Samantha Hunt

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and…

— Kristin Hannah

When you have a child, you think about your own mortality.

— Ali Wong

I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an…

— Terry Pratchett

The awkward moment between birth and death

— Ashu

Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the…

— Rachel Cusk

Becoming a mother really put me in touch with not just my mortality but also my baby's mortality. You spent nine months working on…

— Zoe Buckman

I write because in the act of creation there comes that mysterious, abundant sense of being both parent and child; I am giving birth…

— Francine du Plessix Gray

When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into…

— Christine Lagarde

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl be not being able to write about it.

— Vanna Bonta

For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as personal essays…

— Tracy K. Smith

I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.

— Anna Quindlen

If you're a father of a child who dies, it's an experience that never leaves you. It scars you forever and ever and ever.…

— Frank Deford