6 Quotes by Claire Fontaine

Once your baby arrives, the world is no more the same than you are. Because from our very bodies we add to the collective human destiny. Our deepest urge is always toward life, to wholeness and well being.

It is its own religion, this love. Uncontainable, savage, and without end, it is what I feel for my child.

Caretaking is never about the other person. It’s about wanting to feel needed because you’re afraid you’re not wanted.

God doesn’t create suffering Claire, we do. We make the world and then we break it.

There are lots of ways to lose yourself – motherhood’s just one of them.

We carve our destinies blindfolded, with sharp knives.