I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William E. Dodd.
“I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do.”
“Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.”