Grgurich Kirksville Quotes & Sayings

There is nothing so easily remade as our definitions of ourselves. — Dinaw Mengestu

Love is a more wonderful thing than art.'
'They are both simply forms of imitation,' remarked Lord Henry. — Oscar Wilde

Affliction is a divine diet which though it be not pleasing to mankind, yet almighty God hath often imposed it as a good, thought bitter, physic, to those children whose souls are dearest to him. — Izaak Walton

She thought she was independent and strong, but she got one small taste of love and she was hungrier than anyone. She was ravenous. — Ann Brashares

Nobody dies of hysterics, though. They don't matter. God gave woman hysterics as a relief. — Anton Chekhov

Those who have taken a rather more pragmatic and individualist position on not having children tend to talk directly in terms of personal fulfillment. They have made a choice to live their lives in a particular way, associating motherhood with burden and loss - of freedom, energy, money, pleasure, intimacy, and even identity. A child is synonymous with sacrifice and frustrating, even repellent, obligations; it is perhaps a threat to the stability and happiness of one's relationships. They refer to themselves as "child-free" rather than childless because they are free of children and therefore of motherhood. — Elisabeth Badinter