The Good Son Quotes

“Now I know that, when you lose a child, it’s not the same as losing a contemporary, even a beloved husband or wife. When you lose a child, you grieve as a child grieves, which is to say, you grieve backward. You don’t get better as time passes, you get worse. Time does not take you closer to acceptance, only further from the one you love.”
― Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Good Son

“the stupefying love you felt for your child when you had your child with you, a passion so much bigger than anything you expected to feel, so much bigger than any other parent’s love, so magnificent you had to keep it secret, lest the bored gods notice and knock it out of your hands.”
― Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Good Son

“Do you think I should explore forgiveness more?"
Why was she asking this of me, of all the beings in the known universe? In concept, it sounded like the absolute pinnacle of civilization, the best humanity could hope for. How would it work out in reality?”
― Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Good Son

“was picking my son up at the prison gates when I spotted the mother of the girl he had murdered. Two independent clauses, ten words each, joined by an adverb, made up entirely of words that would once have been unimaginable to think, much less say.”
― Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Good Son

“What I learned at the end of my first week back at work after the holiday break was how rough at least some of that road would be. Keith Fu, my department chair, dropped by my office. He brought me a latte. I'd just found a fortune cookie in my pocket and I showed it to Keith. It said, I cannot help you. I am only a cookie.”
― Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Good Son

“Keith Fu, my department chair, dropped by my office. he brought me a latte. I'd just found a fortune cooking in my pocked and I showed it to Keith. Its said, I cannot help you, I am only a cookie.”
― Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Good Son