{"quotes":[{"text":"Mastering the art of seduction gives one a great power, and like any power, it's to be wielded with responsibility; a man who wields the art of seduction without a sense of responsibility and restraint is a walking proximity bomb of viral epidemics, needless procreation, heartbroken families, and shattered dreams.","author":"Mike Norton","tags":["art","bomb","heartbreak","heartbroken","mastery","power","procreation","responsibility","restraight","seduction","viral","wield"],"id":11314,"author_id":"Mike+Norton"},{"text":"A new collection of matter and information to present to the universe and to which it in turn will be presented; different, arguably equal parts of that great ever-repetitive, ever-changing jurisdiction of being.","author":"Iain M. Banks","tags":["birth","changing","ever-changing","ever-repetitive","jurisdiction-of-being","pregnancy","procreation","repetitive","the-universe"],"id":33710,"author_id":"Iain+M.+Banks"},{"text":"How silly men were! Their part in procreation was so unimportant; it was the woman who carried the child through long months of uneasiness and bore it with pain, and yet a man because of his momentary connection made such preposterous claims. Why should that make any difference to him in his feelings towards the child?","author":"W. Somerset Maugham","tags":["childbearing","children","conception","men","procreation","women"],"id":39430,"author_id":"W.+Somerset+Maugham"},{"text":"[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["challenge","essence","flaw","human","human-condition","human-nature","humanity","illusion","instinct","instincts","love","lover","mind","nature","overpower","power","procreation","redemption","schopenhauer","schopenhauer-as-educator","selfish","species","violence","violent"],"id":46130,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"Men marry for the womb. Women marry for their tummy.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["children","dating","marriage-advice","procreation","relationships","reproduction","womb"],"id":49373,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Marriage is the commodification of affection, copulation, and, reproduction.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["affection","commodity","copulation","dating","love","marriage","procreation","relationships","reproduction","social-constructs"],"id":68580,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!","author":"Irvin D. Yalom","tags":["children","future","immortality","life","procreation"],"id":123158,"author_id":"Irvin+D.+Yalom"},{"text":"Procreation annihilates eternity.","author":"Dejan Stojanovic","tags":["annihilation","dejan-stojanovic","eternity","literature","literature","philosophy","poetry","poetry","poets","procreation","quotes","the-sun-watches-the-sun"],"id":170289,"author_id":"Dejan+Stojanovic"},{"text":"Oddly enough you can get married and live happily ever after without spawning. Spawning is optional.","author":"Merlyn Gabriel Miller","tags":["children","marriage","procreation","spawning"],"id":195959,"author_id":"Merlyn+Gabriel+Miller"},{"text":"The desideratum of the philosophy “better to have never been” is parents being charged with manslaughter for bringing children into the world.","author":"Dean Cavanagh","tags":["existence","philosophy","procreation"],"id":240229,"author_id":"Dean+Cavanagh"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}