Mommywood's Favorite Quotes of the Week

“I wanted a boy–probably because I was afraid. I think women suffer a bit more than boys, and there is always conflict between mothers and daughters. Now that she’s here, I’m so happy she’s a girl…I just feel so fortunate to be her mother, and it makes me excited about the rest of my life, because I will get to witness her transformation every day.” —Salma Hayek to Glamour magazine

“I don’t care if they say I have buttock implants, or not. I don’t care. Go ahead. That’s the nice thing about getting to the age I am. I could have said I didn’t care before — but secretly I did. And now I really don’t.” —Kate Beckinsale, 35, to Allure magazine

“I cried right away…I was holding [Harlow], and it was something that was so much bigger than me. Now she looks a little more like Joel, but when she was born, it looked like Joel had nothing to do with it.”–Nicole Richie to People magazine