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Richard Maddicko / The Tarzan Murderer
Mami’s father is a cold man whom Mami and Sonia meet once at the same time, when he’s ill in the hospital as an elderly man. He left Mami’s mother when Mami was born, so Mami never knew him when she was a child. The resentment and anger that Sonia sees Mami hold for her father eventually impresses upon Sonia that she doesn’t want that kind of relationship with Mami, which spurs her to work on heir relationship.
Mami’s Father Quotes in My Beloved World
The My Beloved World quotes below are all either spoken by Mami’s Father or refer to Mami’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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I have the carried the memory of that day as a grave caution. There was a terrible permanence to the state that my mother and her father had reached. My mother’s pain would never heal, the ice between them would never thaw, because they would never find a way to acknowledge it. Without acknowledgement and communication, forgiveness was beyond reach. Eventually, I would recognize the long shadow of this abandonment in my own feelings toward my mother, and I would determine not to repeat what I had seen. The closeness that I share now with my mother is deeply felt, but we learned it slowly and with effort, and for fear of the alternative.
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Mami’s Father Quotes in My Beloved World
The My Beloved World quotes below are all either spoken by Mami’s Father or refer to Mami’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 4
Quotes
I have the carried the memory of that day as a grave caution. There was a terrible permanence to the state that my mother and her father had reached. My mother’s pain would never heal, the ice between them would never thaw, because they would never find a way to acknowledge it. Without acknowledgement and communication, forgiveness was beyond reach. Eventually, I would recognize the long shadow of this abandonment in my own feelings toward my mother, and I would determine not to repeat what I had seen. The closeness that I share now with my mother is deeply felt, but we learned it slowly and with effort, and for fear of the alternative.
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