Women's words on children...

To heir is human.
(Marlene Cox, 1953)

The reason most people have kids is
because they get pregnant.
(Barbara Kingsolver, 1989)

There's a time when you have to explain to your
children why they're born, and it's a marvelous
thing if you know the reason by then.
(Hazel Scott, 1974)

If you don't have children the longing for them will
kill you, and if you do, the worrying over them will
kill you.
(Buchi Emecheta, 1979)

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.
(Elizabeth Stone, 1985)