"Meanwhile, I'm an introvert and so is Brendan.  Children exhaust us, even the ones we love most.  Our solitude is the most valuable thing we have, and we cherish it above most other things and work hard to maintain it."
-Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids by Meghan Daum

"She couldn't escape the storms raging in her own skull any more than I was now able to escape mine.  I worried that if I had a baby, I'd inflict this on her.  I would be a good mother in every way I could, but I'd also be a very troubled one."
-Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids by Meghan Daum