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Parenting & Family Quote by Sophia Bush

"I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt"

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There is something almost defiant about the word "again" here: a small adverb that carries an entire cultural argument. Sophia Bush isn’t offering a fairytale reset; she’s staking a claim on continuity after rupture. In a celebrity ecosystem that loves neat redemption arcs and punishes public women for messy timelines, "get married again" reads as both personal desire and a subtle refusal of shame. It pushes back on the idea that a past relationship is a cautionary tale that should end the story.

The list structure matters. "Get married... have kids... even adopt" moves from the socially scripted to the quietly radical. Marriage and biological children are still treated as default milestones, but adoption is framed as an additive choice - "even" signals that it’s not obligatory, not performative virtue, but a widening of what family can look like. It also telegraphs agency: family is something she intends to build, not something she’s waiting to be granted by a partner, a timeline, or public approval.

As an actress whose life has been read through tabloid narrative and fandom projection, Bush’s specificity works as a boundary. She’s not negotiating; she’s declaring. The intent is forward-looking, but the subtext is present tense: I am allowed to want ordinary things after public scrutiny, and I get to define the terms. In 2020s culture, where parenthood is both politicized and postponed, this lands less like a confession and more like a blueprint.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bush, Sophia. (2026, January 16). I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-get-married-again-and-have-kids-and-131013/

Chicago Style
Bush, Sophia. "I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-get-married-again-and-have-kids-and-131013/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-get-married-again-and-have-kids-and-131013/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Sophia Bush (born July 8, 1982) is a Actress from USA.

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