“A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world.”
―
Jessamine Chan,
The School for Good Mothers
“A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is a buffer between her child and the cruel world. Absorb it, the instructors say. Take it. Take it.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“That they’re dangerous women. Women who can’t control themselves. Who don’t know the right way to love.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“By staying calm, they’re showing their child that a mother can handle anything. A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“She once heard Ms. Khoury say “babysitter” in the same tone as some people say “socialist.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“A mother is a shark. You're always moving. Always learning. Always trying to better yourself.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Will’s broken birds always emitted their own light, big-eyed and bony. At dinner parties, she wanted to touch their throats and play with their long, tangled hair, wondered what it was like to wear sadness so close to the skin and be loved for it.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Gust used to explain the whole world that way: the mind as a house living in the house of the body, living in the house of a house, living in the larger house of the town, in the larger house of the state, in the houses of America and society and the universe. He said these houses fit inside one another like the Russian nesting dolls they bought for Harriet.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Loneliness is a form of narcissism. A mother who is in harmony with her child, who understands her place in her child's life and her role in society, is never lonely. Through caring for her child, all her needs are fulfilled.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Every night, Frida kneels in the dark nursery, thinking about the child who was cut out of her body, who should be beside her but who hasn’t been beside her, not really, for eight weeks. Nine weeks. Ten. It is November, and Harriet is twenty months old.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“The girl she can become if her mother is living, the girl she’ll never be if her mother takes her own life.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“She never thought of herself as living in a city full of children, but maybe every city and every neighborhood is full of children when you’ve lost your own.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Fix the home and fix society.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Loneliness is a form of narcissism. A mother who is in harmony with her child, who understands her place in her child’s life and her role in society, is never lonely. Through caring for her child, all her needs are fulfilled.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Some say the school wants to keep them distracted so more mothers will fail. Maybe someone is making money off their failures.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“In this light, no one would be able to tell that they’re losing hope. That they’re dangerous women. Women who can’t control themselves. Who don’t know the right way to love. 13.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“We have your daughter.”But I have learned to be good.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“The mothers must narrate everything, impart wisdom, give their undivided attention, maintain eye contact at all times. When the dolls ask why, why, why, as toddlers are wont to do, the mothers must provide answers. Curiosity must be rewarded. “The dolls have an off switch,” Ms. Khoury says. “You do not.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“By staying calm, they’re showing their child that a mother can handle anything. A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world. Absorb it, the instructors say. Take it. Take it.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is a buffer between her child and the cruel world. Absorb it, the instructors say. Take it. Take it.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“That they’re dangerous women. Women who can’t control themselves. Who don’t know the right way to love.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“By staying calm, they’re showing their child that a mother can handle anything. A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“She once heard Ms. Khoury say “babysitter” in the same tone as some people say “socialist.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“A mother is a shark. You're always moving. Always learning. Always trying to better yourself.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Will’s broken birds always emitted their own light, big-eyed and bony. At dinner parties, she wanted to touch their throats and play with their long, tangled hair, wondered what it was like to wear sadness so close to the skin and be loved for it.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Gust used to explain the whole world that way: the mind as a house living in the house of the body, living in the house of a house, living in the larger house of the town, in the larger house of the state, in the houses of America and society and the universe. He said these houses fit inside one another like the Russian nesting dolls they bought for Harriet.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Loneliness is a form of narcissism. A mother who is in harmony with her child, who understands her place in her child's life and her role in society, is never lonely. Through caring for her child, all her needs are fulfilled.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Every night, Frida kneels in the dark nursery, thinking about the child who was cut out of her body, who should be beside her but who hasn’t been beside her, not really, for eight weeks. Nine weeks. Ten. It is November, and Harriet is twenty months old.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“The girl she can become if her mother is living, the girl she’ll never be if her mother takes her own life.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“She never thought of herself as living in a city full of children, but maybe every city and every neighborhood is full of children when you’ve lost your own.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Fix the home and fix society.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Loneliness is a form of narcissism. A mother who is in harmony with her child, who understands her place in her child’s life and her role in society, is never lonely. Through caring for her child, all her needs are fulfilled.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“Some say the school wants to keep them distracted so more mothers will fail. Maybe someone is making money off their failures.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“In this light, no one would be able to tell that they’re losing hope. That they’re dangerous women. Women who can’t control themselves. Who don’t know the right way to love. 13.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“We have your daughter.”But I have learned to be good.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“The mothers must narrate everything, impart wisdom, give their undivided attention, maintain eye contact at all times. When the dolls ask why, why, why, as toddlers are wont to do, the mothers must provide answers. Curiosity must be rewarded. “The dolls have an off switch,” Ms. Khoury says. “You do not.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
“By staying calm, they’re showing their child that a mother can handle anything. A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world. Absorb it, the instructors say. Take it. Take it.” ― Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
