"One cannot bring children into a world..." - Quote by Virginia Woolf
One cannot bring children into a world like this. One cannot perpetuate suffering, or increase the breed of these lustful animals, who have no lasting emotions, but only whims and vanities, eddying them now this way, now that.
More by Virginia Woolf
“I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.”
“what she loved: life, London, this moment of june.”
“What has praise and fame to do with poetry? Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice? So that all this chatter and praise, and blame and meeting people who admired one and meeting people who did not admire one was as ill suited as could be to the thing itself- a voice answering a voice.”
More on Suffering
“For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering”
“Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.”
“Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?”
More on Humanity
“For the social ecologist language is not "communication." It is not just "message." It is substance. It is the cement that holds humanity together. It creates community and communication. ...Social ecologists need not be "great" writers; but they have to be respectful writers, caring writers.”
“The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?”
“Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal. Her giving to man reason and the freedom of the will which depends upon it is clear indication of her purpose. Man accordingly was not to be guided by instinct, not nurtured and instructed with ready-made knowledge; rather, he should bring forth everything out of his own resources.”