Woman on the Verge Quotes

“that the real sorrow for most women is not in what they must give to their children, but in what they lose in themselves.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“Merry is from a generation that does not understand the expectations of modern fatherhood. Modern fathers also do not seem to understand the expectations.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“We adapt to the partners we have, adjust expectations so diligently that we forget what we even desire.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“I do not regret Nicole. But yes, I regret motherhood. These are different things.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“I miss work. I miss clear-cut productivity, the gratification of task completion. Motherhood is never complete. There are no encouraging performance reviews, no pats on the back. I miss excelling at something. I miss confidence.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“Sometimes I feel like I live in an insane asylum and I’m not sure if I’m the patient or the doctor.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“The only way to manage the wildly varied emotions of small children is to have none yourself.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“that’s how I got the title “stay-at-home mom” affixed to me, following me around like a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of a shoe.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“I’ve decided I want to be done with maternal guilt, once and for all. Do fathers ever feel guilty about what they feed their children? How often do they even feed their children? I want to buy myself a gold bracelet engraved with “WWMD” for “What would men do?” I want to stare at it every time I am consumed with self-hatred about how I raise my children.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“Women are masters of efficiency, always considering how many birds they can kill with one measly stone. Men are accustomed to having all the stones in the world and none of the birds.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“Those poor men can’t be blamed for their biology—they are made to spread their seed, they are governed by their base instincts. Poor men and their ambitious penises.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“met on a dating app for married people. After he”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“Children, unlike adults, have no problem asking the difficult questions. They do not yet realize what makes certain questions difficult. They are unrestrained in their curiosity, unburdened by social expectations and niceties.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge

“Perhaps it is not a terrible fate that causes humans to suffer, but our ability to ponder it.”
― Kim Hooper, Woman on the Verge