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Motherhood
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A woman contemplates the complexities and consequences of embracing or rejecting motherhood in this honest and introspective exploration of femininity.

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The question of children is a taboo question, like the question of religion or the question of your salary.

Sheila Heti

Is the work of motherhood more important than all other work? If we say it is, then it must be done by everyone.

Sheila Heti

I saw that motherhood was the only way to find out who I was.

Sheila Heti

To have a child is to know the greatest love.

Sheila Heti

Motherhood is an act of creation and destruction, a continuous cycle of building and breaking.

Sheila Heti

The decision to have a child is a decision to let your heart walk around outside your body.

Sheila Heti

Motherhood is an invitation to witness the miraculous in the mundane.

Sheila Heti

Being a mother means learning to live with your heart forever outside your body.

Sheila Heti

Motherhood is the ultimate act of surrender and sacrifice.

Sheila Heti

The bond between a mother and child is unbreakable, forged in the fires of love and pain.

Sheila Heti