Lovely post. reminded me of a passage in Nietzsche's
"Thus spoke Zarathustra":
"I HAVE a question for thee alone, my brother: like a sounding-
lead, cast I this question into thy soul, that I may know its depth.
Thou art young, and desirest child and marriage. But I ask thee:
Art thou a man entitled to desire a child? Art thou the victorious
one, the self-conqueror, the ruler of thy passions, the master of thy
virtues? Thus do I ask thee.
Or doth the animal speak in thy wish, and necessity? Or isolation?
Or discord in thee? I would have thy victory and freedom long for
a child. Living monuments shalt thou build to thy victory and
emancipation."