Laura Fraser Quotes

People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.

People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.

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.

Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

Having children changes your outlook 100 percent of your life.

Some people think that your life changes for the worse when you become a father, but on the contrary, when my daughter was born, she brought light and joy into my life.

You hear people say it all the time, how life changes so drastically. But you can't possibly grasp how beautiful that is until you have your child.

No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.

When people say that kids change your life, it's no small feat what they do. I've stressed about competition my whole life, but the minute I held my son Blaise in my arms for the first time, those stresses diminished.

When you have a kid your life changes completely, it's not about you anymore.

Motherhood changes everything.

Having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it's for the better on both counts, but I guess we'll see.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.

The world doesn't revolve around me anymore. Now it's all about this little baby. I come home after a rough day, I see her and she smiles and nothing but that matters. I know that sounds really cliche but it's the truth.

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

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.

No one understands the shift in priorities about having a child in your life... until you have a child in your life.

Parenthood is so wild in its ability to put a mirror directly in your face and force you to look at yourself long and hard. What a challenge this is, but also what an exhilarating gift.

Everyone who has kids that you talk to tells you, 'Wait until you have kids. It's going to change you.' You're like, 'Nah, come on. How can it change you that much?' But it changes you so much.

Being a mother impacts every aspect of your life. It's a rite of passage which gives you an entirely different outlook on things.

My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.

Having a kid is getting a certain kind of freedom in a way because you can't be self-obsessed anymore.

My daughter gave me a whole new perspective.