Say a woman is more than the sum of her parts and I'll listen. Say she is more than fruit and blossom and branch and I'll nod my head yes. But say the body does not want and I will fall to the floor under the weight of a world that does not need the sweet talk of a heartbeat.
Sonja Livingston, Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls and Goddesses
body, infertility, pregnancy, womanhood