Quote by Toni Morrison

“child’s life was at stake outside. Then she’d have backup,”

— Taylor Adams

“Without a single grandparent or parent or uncle or aunt at her side, the baby’s birth, like most everything else in America, feels somehow…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“Where's your little ghost talker toy?" Tori asked. Mother”

— Megan Hart

“I would let you hold him,” Jane said, “but I’m pretty sure letting-ghosts-hold-my-baby is not on Abby’s approved list of things to accomplish in…

— Allie Burke

“On the drive home I continue to try and jar the fetus loose with more abrupt driving maneuvers.”

— Chad Kultgen

Most mother-women give up whatever ghost of a unique and human self they may have when they 'marry' and raise children.

— Phyllis Chesler

“We were already mothers then, some by heart and some by womb. We rocked grandbabies left in our care and taught the neighborhood kids…

— Brit Bennett

“God, this is weird." "Oh, I'm sorry—do you have a ghost talking to you about his intentions with your granddaughter?”

— Heather Davis

“It's kinda cool to think about you as a real person, instead of some fetus ghost.”

— Hillary Frank

“If I weren't a ghost tied to my dead mother in the lake--if I had things I wanted to do and a person I…

— Dot Hutchison

“She might be frightened out of her wits and confused as hell, but she was a Southern girl, born and bred. Mama would fly…

— Tonya Burrows

“I want to move to a ghost town and try to sell the population bodies to dwell in.”

— Jarod Kintz