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"This is the sound of not being a mother, of refusing motherhood, the antinoise of my life to come. It is a long time before I'm used to it."

"Whenever I tell people I don't want children... people always give me this look. Then they'll say something condescending... As though growing up into womanhood is simultaneous with growing up into motherhood, a kind of latent genetic condition that only shows up once a person reaches a certain age."

"Whenever I tell people I don't want children... people always give me this look. Then they'll say something condescending... As though growing up into womanhood is simultaneous with growing up into motherhood, a kind of latent genetic condition that only shows up once a person reaches a certain age."

"This is the noise of being alone, of being left by one's husband, of being left to one's work. This is the sound of not being a mother, of refusing motherhood, the antinoise of my life to come. It is a long time before I am used to it."