"Birth is the doom of this existence." "Life is a troublesome episode between two nothings." "It would be better never to have been born." "Life is essentially a business that does not cover its costs." "If one could ask people, at the origin of their existence, whether they wished to live, they would refuse." "To give birth means to bring misery into the world." “The most out-there thing I’m saying is, ‘Don’t have babies. Don’t get married and have kids. Have a larger life than that.” ― Roseanne Barr “I knew from a young age that motherhood was a cage I never wanted to inhabit.” ― Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger “Overpopulation is by far the worst kind of pollution.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana “Refusing to have a child is the highest degree of rebellion, after suicide; one of the best uses of the mind; and the best gift to the planet.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana “Many millions of people secretly feel caged by employment, marriage, and/or parenthood.” ― @Mokokoma Mokhonoana “Some people really shouldn’t become parents. There’s no absolute guarantee when it comes to the love between a parent and their child.” ― Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles “Extinction, while sad and scary, doesn't bother me as much as does the suffering of the individuals prior to being wiped out.” ― Henriette Mantel, No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood “Not everything is for everybody” ― Dane A. Reid, Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun: 1000 Random Reasons I Chose to Be #ChildFree