I tell myself that after four children my belly is already so stretched and flabby that I have to do origami to get my pants buttoned. One more pregnancy and I'd be doomed to elastic waists for the rest of my life. Ayelet Waldman More Quotes by Ayelet Waldman More Quotes From Ayelet Waldman In fact if I see you drinking I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks and call your mom. Ayelet Waldman bricks mom drinking The legalization of drugs, a proliferation of a public health approach to drug use and drug addition, a compassionate mental health system. And can we just say gender equality and the end of mass incarceration and the final shedding of the vestiges of a slave-based nation? Can we have that, too? Can I have it all? Ayelet Waldman drug-use mental-health finals The New York Times. Ayelet Waldman living But I really feel strongly that our kids do way too much homework. The research is on my side. It's easy to make a fuss when you're right. That can be the tagline of my life: 'It's Easy To Make A Fuss When You're Right.' Ayelet Waldman my-life you research life