I didn't plan on either children or writing. Once I realized that writing satisfied me in some enormous way, I had to make adjustments. The writing was always marginal in terms of time when the children were small. But it was major in terms of my head. I always thought that women could do a lot of things. All the women I knew did nine or ten things at one time. I always understood that women worked, they went to church, they managed their houses, they managed somebody else's houses, they raised their children, they raised somebody else's children, they taught. I wouldn't say it's not hard, but why wouldn't it be? All important things are hard. Toni Morrison
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The quote, “I didn't plan on either children or writing. Once I realized that writing satisfied me in some enormous way, I had to make adjustments. The writing was always marginal in terms of time when the children were small. But it was major in terms of my head.

I always thought that women could do a lot of things. All the women I knew did nine or ten things at one time. I always understood that women worked, they went to church, they managed their houses, they managed somebody else's houses, they raised their children, they raised somebody else's children, they taught.

I wouldn't say it's not hard, but why wouldn't it be? All important things are hard.” is a famous quote from Anne Smith. Anne Smith is a Canadian poet and a writer who lived in a suburb of Vancouver. She published her first book when she was only 19 years old and when she turned 21 she became a mother of two children with her husband who was also a writer.

In this short piece, Anne Smith talks about the difficulty in balancing family and work life for women especially when you have kids to take care of at the same time.

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