“I had three children, and the birth of each of one them is… is maybe what was most beautiful in my life. That’s for sure. It’s a memory… it’s just that… you can’t put words on it. It’s different from everything. We absolutely can’t compare it to any other kind of happiness. The first cry of the baby, the baby who comes out and is placed on your stomach, it’s just… This baby who you felt grow within yourself, that you’ve imagined and hoped for. But it’s actually difficult to project yourself and say “he’s really going to come out one day, and he will actually be a little being”. And when it happens… it’s just… extraordinary. It’s a stupid word, extraordinary, but that’s what it is. It’s a trivial thing to say, as all mothers must say the same thing. But I always thought we are lucky to be women because we have this possibility of living several lives.”

(Quai Ernest-Ansermet | translated from French)