Nicole Krauss - Only later did I come to understand that to be...

Only later did I come to understand that to be a mother is to be an illusion. No matter how vigilant, in the end a mother can't protect her child - not from pain, or horror, or the nightmare of violence, from sealed trains moving rapidly in the wrong direction, the depravity of strangers, trapdoors, abysses, fires, cars in the rain, from chance.

Nicole Krauss

They Said So®

Nicole Krauss Quotes

;

Only later did I come to understand that to be a mother is to be an illusion. No matter how vigilant, in the end a mother can't protect her child - not from pain, or horror, or the nightmare of violence, from sealed trains moving rapidly in the wrong direction, the depravity of strangers, trapdoors, abysses, fires, cars in the rain, from chance. Nicole Krauss

They Said So®

Keywords

understand mother illusion matter vigilant end protect child - pain horror nightmare violence sealed trains moving rapidly wrong direction depravity strangers trapdoors abysses fires cars rain chance

Explore other Authors

Julie Walters

Adrienne Rich

Will Arnett

Julianne Hough

Lord Chesterfield

Ewan McGregor

David Kay

Sophie Kinsella

Sheryl Swoopes

Reed Hastings

Wayne Rooney

Brent Weeks

If you are using this quote in any webpage , printmedia or any other places please use the following methods to cite this quotation.

MLA Style Citation

"A quote by Nicole Krauss" theysaidso.com, 2024. May 21, 2024. https://theysaidso.com/quote/nicole-krauss-only-later-did-i-come-to-understand-that-to-be-a-mother-is-to-be-a

APA Style Citation

"A quote by Nicole Krauss" (n.d.). theysaidso.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from theysaidso.com web site : https://theysaidso.com/quote/nicole-krauss-only-later-did-i-come-to-understand-that-to-be-a-mother-is-to-be-a

Chicago Style Citation

"A quote by Nicole Krauss". theysaidso.com, 2024. https://theysaidso.com/quote/nicole-krauss-only-later-did-i-come-to-understand-that-to-be-a-mother-is-to-be-a , accessed May 21, 2024.

Comments

Authentication required

You must log in to post a comment.

There are no comments yet.