Martha Beck: "... he is no less beautiful..."

"... he is no less beautiful for being called ugly, no less wise for appearing dull, no less precious for being seen as worthless. And neither am I. Neither are you. Neither is any of us."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "Whoever said that love..."

"Whoever said that love is blind was dead wrong. Love is the only thing on this earth that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "The hardest lesson I..."

"The hardest lesson I have ever had to learn is that I will never know the meaning of my children's pain, and that I have neither the capacity nor the right to take it away from them."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "The meaning of life..."

"The meaning of life is not what happens to people... The meaning of life is what happens between people."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "I think there are few..."

"I think there are few experiences to match the very first time a mother lays eyes on her child."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "Angels come in many..."

"Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "The real magic is..."

"The real magic is in the pumpkin, in the mice, in the moonlight; not beyond ordinary life, but within it."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "If it were possible..."

"If it were possible to convey in words the true experience of a dream, we probably wouldn't need dreams in the first place. They come from someplace beyond our rational and verbal minds, and are by nature indescribable."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "The strangeness, the curiosity..."

"The strangeness, the curiosity, the wonder keeps pushing outward, begging to be communicated, needing air and company."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam

Martha Beck: "The word mother is..."

"The word mother is more powerful when it is used as a verb than as a noun."

—Martha Beck, Expecting Adam