“Motherhood was the first instance in my life where I was asked to sacr...” — Kim Brooks Quote

“Motherhood was the first instance in my life where I was asked to sacrifice anything for anyone.”

“I love food, but I can't bear to read about it, to talk about it, to discuss the consequences and context of how we consume it. And this is more or less how I feel about raising children, too.”

“'Did our parents really let us do that?' is a game my friends and I sometimes play. We remember taking off on bikes alone, playing in the woods for hours, crawling through storm drains to follow creek beds.”

“I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.”

“After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.”

“Somehow when I express my voice, I feel that much more vulnerable. For instance, if I used the wrong word, or if I said something and somebody could take the word and misinterpret it.”