Careful Mistakes Quotes

“No sense in getting our panties in a bunch before we know if there is a problem or not.”
― Joyce Mandeville, Careful Mistakes

“Death is one of the two experiences we all share but have little contact with. Not too long ago, by the time people reached adulthood they had stood at several deathbeds. By the same token a girl has seen several births before she became a mother herself. Birth and death are now managed by professionals, hidden away, cleaned up.
Births are speeded by drugs and surgeries. Death is slowed by the same methods.”
― Joyce Mandeville, Careful Mistakes

“Birth or Abortion. Abortion or Birth. Problems are temporary. Solutions are permeant.”
― Joyce Mandeville, Careful Mistakes

“The connection of mother and child never ends. We study the moods and phases of our children from the first flutter in the womb.”
― Joyce Mandeville, Careful Mistakes