“I’ll have a Pinot, I guess. Merlot’s out, right?”
–woman at a restaurant

“…She’s not my mom. She’s my babysitter. I have two babysitters.”
“Why?”
“’Cause I was adopted.”
“Oh. How do you know?”
“My second mom told me.”
“How come you were adopted?”
“I don’t know. Someone needed money.”
–conversation between two young boys at the playground

“I would not recommend this housecleaner. Oh my God the appliances she finally got around to cleaning are now covered in a swirly pattern because she scrubbed the stainless steel against the grain.”
–mom at the playground

“Fashion is my passion and my kids can’t get in the way of that.”
–random

“I wasn’t expecting that,” the 20-year-old said. “But it’s been nine months [since the birth of the last baby], so yeah.”
–oldest son in the Arkansas Duggar family
reacting to news that mom is pregnant with 18th child.

“It’s not just about plastic toy refusal. You need to make sure the wood toys use the most eco-friendly type of wood, like sustainably produced hardwoods. Avoid material from threatened domestic redwood and overseas rain forests! Check the edges of toys and puzzle pieces for layers of pressed woods, like plywood and particleboard—ugh! They contain glues that emit toxic fumes. And watch out for paint finishes! Some use lead and solvents that severely damage your child’s developing brain. We always find finishes that use linseed, flax, walnut oils, or beeswax.”
–Mom (via email) sharing her philosophy on toys