Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

All children find chaos congenial. Any unruliness, even by nature, advances the child's program of subverting authority.

A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?

As far as rearing children goes, the basic idea I try to keep in mind is that a child is a person. Just because they happen to be a little shorter than you doesn't mean they are dumber than you.

I don't have any kids. Well, at least none I know about.

I had a dream that all the victims of the Pill came back ... boy, were they mad.

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worthwhile - husbands and books and committees and being loved and everything. We have to choose between ease and rich unrest.

Did you hear about the Irish girl who went home and told her mother she was pregnant - and the mother said, 'Are you sure it's you?'

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.