Children Quote by Sheila Heti

“I think that so many people who have children seem to want other people to have children in order to make their choice feel more essential, more inevitable, and just more right.” quote by Sheila Heti — Download Open image

“I think that so many people who have children seem to want other people to have children in order to make their choice feel more essential, more inevitable, and just more right.”

Sheila Heti

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