# Quote — Sindiwe Magona, Mother to Mother

> Yet, even today we still laugh sad laughs, remembering our innocent incredulity. Our inability to imagine certain forms of evil, the scope and depth of some strains of ruthlessness. We laugh, to hide the gaping hole where our hearts used to be. Guguletu killed us . . . killed the thing that held us together . . . made us human. Yet, we still laugh.

- 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: 27
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sindiwe-magona/mother-to-mother/yet-even-today

## 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)