Mother Quotes by Eula Biss

8 Mother quotes by Eula Biss

Eula Biss’s eight short reflections on motherhood are thoughtful, crisp, and layered with nuance. She offers a quick, literary glimpse into the complexities of parenting, making this a concise yet enriching read.

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“Mother: “He used to say that you could lock me in a closet and I’d still get something out of it. I…

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“I was shaking when I asked my mother, “Do you think you eat enough?” She was silent for a long time until…

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“Mother: “I couldn’t stand his friends from medical school. They were all pompous and awkward. They knew how to memorize but they…

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“Mother: “I’m amazed that more people don’t commit suicide. They just keep on living. It’s so hard and they just keep doing…

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“My mother was in the bathtub crying and I was standing outside the door waiting, just in case she decided to slip…

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“Mother: “Rumi wrote that…roughly…the only thing that will be with you to your grave is your work. Only your work will speak…

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“Mother (over and over again): “What you have to understand about men is that they aren’t like us. They don’t have feelings.”…

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“She talks to herself as she hollows out a stoneware bowl. She is saying something about containment. She talks to her dogs…

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“Sometimes he gives a little flourish with his fingers that makes me wonder if all his movements are a quiet performance.”

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“I think I remember him saying that the problem with a tire fire is that it can smolder for years, burning quietly but uncontrollably.”

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“as Jean-Paul Sartre put it, “Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” What”

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A trust-in the sense of a valuable asset placed in the care of someone to whom it does not ultimately belong-captures, more or less,…

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“When he says, “Why can’t you follow a recipe?” I am hurt, because I know that he is not just asking why I can’t…

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“We had been arguing for hours and it was dark in the room. We sat silently on the couch, I was tapping my foot…

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I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those [underprivileged] kids chicken pox? For him it's not a terrible thing.…

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“Mother: “He used to say that you could lock me in a closet and I’d still get something out of it. I guess that’s…

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“I was shaking when I asked my mother, “Do you think you eat enough?” She was silent for a long time until she said…

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“Black is closing in around my eyes. I realize with a great, tired sadness that I am losing the world. The walls, the molding…

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“He thinks I don’t pay attention. He has been talking and I have been silently naming the scents of everything we are crushing under…

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“Whiteness is not a kinship or a culture. White people are no more closely related to one another, genetically, that we are to black…

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