"People lock onto motherhood as a key to feminine identity in part from the belief that children are..."

“People lock onto motherhood as a key to feminine identity in part from the belief that children are the best way to fulfill your capacity to love … But there are so many things to love besides one’s own offspring, so many things that need love, so much other work love has to do in the world.”

- Rebecca Solnit in Harper’s (via skeery)