# Quote — Sindiwe Magona, Mother to Mother

> Mxolisi turned one year. A part of me hated him. Not him . . . but what he was . . . had been . . . the effect he seemed to have on my life. Always negative, always cheating me of something I desperately wanted. I shrunk; because he was.

- Author: [Sindiwe Magona](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sindiwe-magona.md)
- Book: [Mother to Mother](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sindiwe-magona/mother-to-mother.md)
- Page: 100
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sindiwe-magona/mother-to-mother/mxolisi-turned-one

## More from this book

> The sun went and died in the west.

p. 125 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sindiwe-magona/mother-to-mother/the-sun-went.md)

> Unganyebelezeli, kuza kudlalwa!’ piped Mxolisi’s little voice, calling for daring and defiance. To look at him do the war cry of the Comrades, poised in a defiant stance, his tiny fist up in the air, couldn’t but send all those who heard him into paroxysms of laughter.

p. 103 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sindiwe-magona/mother-to-mother/unganyebelezeli-kuza-kudlalwa.md)

> No,’ the girl’s mother said quietly. ‘There were many people there. Looking. Some were even laughing. None stopped the crime, none. Until your son arrived on the scene.

p. 114 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sindiwe-magona/mother-to-mother/no-the-girls.md)