“Having a child is like having your heart walk around outside of your body.”
“Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ”
“A child is your heart walking around outside your body”
“It's an awe-filled, wonderful, terrifying act to have a child, for you suddenly wear your heart on the outside of your body. You risk a little more each day as he wanders from your arms into the world.”
“Take care of my heart won't you, Sophie? It's a little odd having it outside my body-but I'm planning to steal yours to make up for it.”
“This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.”