The Goodmans Quotes

“Love and sex with a man is like listening to a soloist. Pleasant, sometimes beautiful and moving. But with a woman.” She was wistful. “It is a symphony of sound and colour. You cannot help be swept up in it.”
― Clare Ashton, The Goodmans

“How was she meant to let go ?
Sometimes, instead of having a single daughter, it felt as if she were grieving the loss of hundreds. The baby that clung to her little finger. The toddler who squealed with delight at her first steps. The small girl who said "I love you" for the first time with no ceremony and without realising it almost broke Maggie's heart with joy. The teenager who broke down when she needed Mum one last time. It was like her daughter disappeared over and over again. All those incredible people who Maggie would never meet again, some of whom were remembered only by her. And she felt colossal loneliness at the realisation.”
― Clare Ashton, The Goodmans

“It is always the way – one of life’s harshest acts. It is such a remarkable force, a child’s love and the mother’s returned. It’s so brutal that the child’s love must change while the mother carries on devoted. It’s a debt only collected a generation later when it is repaid in cruel kind.”
― Clare Ashton, The Goodmans