" It actually, instead, marked an immersion in work, an unimaginable weight of work, a multiplication of work exponential in it's scope, staggering, so staggering, both physically and psychically (especially psychically), that even the most mentally well person might be brought to her knees beneath such a load, a load that pitted ambition against biology, careers against instinct, that bade the modern mother be less of an animal in order to be happy, because-come on, now-we're evolved and civilized, and, really, what is your problem? Pull it together. This is embarrassing. "

― Rachel Yoder , Nightbitch