Quotes tagged ‘Infertility’

(5 total)

“I worried that my endometriosis was a curse meant to tell me I didn’t deserve a child. She nearly spat. “Nobody deserves a child.””

— Lena Dunham, harpers.org

“I couldn’t escape these reminders that everybody’s womb was a magical wonderland… except mine.”

— Lynn Chen, cupcakesandcashmere.com

“Mr. Boorg: How many children do you have, Brother Hezekiah? Roy: Uh, none that I know of. [Adopting a terrible Irish accent] What I mean to say is, I was, uh, wee, I’m unable to have children. Nasty cheese gratin’ accident as a young man.”

— Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Roy Munson, Woody Harrelson, imdb.com

“All too often, and especially as women, we are told that anger is not a useful emotion, that we should channel it elsewhere. It’s not productive to be angry. But maybe that’s because anger — and especially women’s anger — makes people uncomfortable.”

— Doree Shafrir, thecut.com

“They made such a mess of everything. They filled the air with chemicals and radiation and poison! So, God whipped up a special plague. The plague of infertility….As birthrates fell, they made things worse. Birth control pills, morning-after pills, murdering babies. Just so they could have their orgi…”

— Margaret Atwood, Aunt Lydia, Ann Dowd, imdb.com