“ She was perfect. I knew this the moment she emerged from my body, white and wet and wailing. Beyond the requisite ten fingers and ten toes, the beating heart, the lungs inhaling and exhaling oxygen, m… Vanessa Diffenbaugh
“ Every child should be nurture with great love. The feeling of great love promotes wellness and potential for greatness. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ He feels a second pang now for the existence of perfection, the stubborn existence of perfection in the most vulnerable of things and in the face of his refusal-logical-admirable refusal-to engage wit… Taiye Selasi
“ The desires for both a good experience and a healthy baby are very much connected, and there is nothing wrong with wanting both! Jennetta Billhimer
“ The health of your future kids does not start with their birth—it starts with you, right now, well before you plan to impregnate your wife. Pratik Patil
“ Her mother’s quiet disapproval and withdrawal was a death in itself, and Franckline’s despair at it was transmitted, she was sure of it, to the child. She transgressed twice, first by making the child… Pamela Erens
“ Nick and the CandlestickI am a miner. The light burns blue. Waxy stalactitesDrip and thicken, tearsThe earthen wombExudes from its dead boredom. Black bat airsWrap me, raggy shawls, Cold homicides.The… Sylvia Plath
