My form of therapy and survival has been exercise.
— Nadya Suleman
I am doing everything I can to be a great parent.
I love kids, but I also recognize that things could be better for mine.
The whole family, we are all kind of different.
I journal at four or five in the morning.
I am not a victim. I do not blame anyone for the circumstances of my life.
My mom, we had a relationship. I knew she loved me. I always knew she loved me. But she didn't, openly or overtly, express, you know, affection and love.
I look back in retrospect, and I would never say I regret not one of my children. They are why I live.
Kids love you unconditionally.
I am happiest at home with the kids.
If you set a goal, you can achieve anything.
I screwed up my life. I screwed up my kids' lives.
I worked with sociopaths and psychopaths in a mental hospital, and in my opinion, Casey Anthony is not emotionally stable.
I learn more from my kids then I have any professor in all my life.
I love my children.
I didn't feel as though, when I was a child, I had much control of my environment. I felt powerless. And that gave me a sense of predictability.
What bothers me and hurts me is the fact that people assumed I was a bad mom.
I'm not a celebrity.
I need the help of my nannies, but I don't want my children being raised in something that resembles a group home.
I've been sued, harassed, abused, but I've held my own.
Some of the things I have done... of course I'm ashamed of in the past... was just to put food on the table and just take care of my family.
I've done things in the media I was not only not proud of, I was ashamed of.
I have been compelled to dig deep inside and pull out strengths I never knew I possessed in order to protect my family.
Everything I do revolves around my children.
Every single thing I do... is just me surviving.
With children, I feel so safe in my predictable world. They will never leave me.
My calling was to be a mom.
I have embraced every day with gratitude.
Everything a parent chooses to do in their life will forever haunt their kids.
There's probably one man out of 6.6 million in the world for me.
The first human I ever said 'I love you' to was my oldest son.
I wanted to be a mom. That's all I ever wanted in my life.
I just longed for certain connections and attachments with another person that I really lacked, I believe, growing up.
I've always engaged in open, honest communication. There's no topic that can't be discussed.
I own full responsibility for providing for my children.
I've got good genes, and my body just always seems to bounce back after my pregnancies.
The kids say, 'Oh are we weird somehow?' and I say, 'It's OK to be different.'
I was more or less a carnival attraction. I was a freak show.
That's exactly what Octomom is: a carnival attraction.
I was very unconditionally loved and accepted, I felt, by my father.
I personally do not believe I'm irresponsible.
I am hated in my hometown.
Is it fair to have a bunch of kids help solve your emotional issues? Of course not.
Struggle is the best teacher.
I never coined the term 'Octomom.'
I never wanted this... to be in the public eye.
I couldn't even imagine kissing something.
I would die for my kids. I love my kids - they're my life - and I love them more than anything I've ever known.
Reflecting back on my childhood, I know it wasn't functional. It was pretty, pretty dysfunctional, and whose isn't?
That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family.
