Underbelly Quotes

“Other than leaving the office a bit earlier some days for pick-up, his life has only had to slightly bend to Scout, whereas mine was bulldozed to the ground and I’m stood here staring at the rubble, wanting it to all go away while wishing it to last forever. A mother’s paradox.”
― Anna Whitehouse, Underbelly

“How close must it be to the surface if it bubbles up to someone you’ve just met?”
― Anna Whitehouse, Underbelly

“being a mother is all I’ve ever wanted. It filled me completely, but it also took something away.”
― Anna Whitehouse, Underbelly

“She is a tiny woman with feelings and opinions and a sense of humour and I want her to be mine alone. She is a little girl who blows out her cheeks to do impressions of puffer fish whenever she’s bored. She fits in my arms so perfectly now, but sometime soon she’ll be desperate to escape them and this is where it begins. This is where she starts to learn to live without me.”
― Anna Whitehouse, Underbelly

“Nothing helpful starts with ‘at least’.”
― Anna Whitehouse, Underbelly

“A collage of our lives, missing out the grey bits in between that bind these moments like grouting.”
― Anna Whitehouse, Underbelly