"I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the massive diversion of parental attention, and the consequences of being compelled to care for their brother after I died. I wanted a genetically perfect baby, and because that was something I could control, I chose to end his life."

-- Ayelet Waldman

#Baby Quotes #Brother Quotes #Children Quotes

“Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.”
“Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.”
“Not watching the path where his legs took him, he walked on because he knew he had to walk ahead, leaving his past behind.”
“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.”
“I'm very new to the industry. I'm not on the Billboard 200 and that is alarming to me. But when I sat down with my management they said it's not a big deal and that it happens all the time.”
“I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life.”
“I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.”
“The strong demand, contend, prevail; the beggar is a fool.”

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