Lauren Ambrose Quotes

It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

People always say you never know love until you have your own child and all of that is true.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

My most amazing discovery was becoming a mother. It changed everything. I can't imagine my life without these little beings.

People had always vaguely mentioned that when you have children, how part of your life would stop. But they don't say that some other extraordinary part of your life opens up.

The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.

Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible.

My children were the center of my life.

My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.

It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother.

Early on, I didn't intend to have children. I thought it was too difficult a world for them. But then it happened, and I am thrilled to have them now.

I can't even remember anything before Albee. There is this bursting love you feel, but it's so intense and so all-consuming. I've become one of those psychopath mothers who loves looking at my kid and being with my kid, and then, when he takes a nap, I'm just looking at videos and pictures of him on my phone. I'm obnoxious.

I really don't know how to tell you what it feels like to be a parent.

There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do.

Oh, my God. I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely. I think about it all the time, though it's a silly thing to think about because the kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have. I can't wait to meet them.

I always come across sounding like I hate my children. I actually love them very much.

It's terrifying, that unconditional love you have for a child. I still wonder if she really came from me, from my womb. It's a miracle. I don't understand it. I live it very intensely.

Children change you. You have this overwhelming feeling of responsibility, of love - they're everything. They're yours. You know when you're cuddling them, cradling them, and you can smell their hair. I love that.

It's one of those things where people tell you that when you have kids it will change your perspective on life, and you're like, 'Yea, yea,' but then you really understand it when it happens to you.

Until you have kids, you can't imagine how much you could possibly love a human being.

Everything I thought I'd hate about having children - the crying, the screaming - nothing fazes me. I love it all, and it's relaxed me.