She wanted to eat my heart and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her knees and give birth from it, she wanted to hurt me as only a child can be hurt by its mother.

Denis Johnson
About This Quote

This is an ode to unconditional love. The speaker is saying that he loves the mother so deeply that he would give his own flesh to protect her. When the speaker sees how much pain the mother is in, he wants to hurt himself. He sees that she wants to hurt him for hurting her, and he wants to stop her.

He wants to be hurt by her as only a child can be hurt by its mother. This is like saying that we want to love someone so much that we would give our own flesh to them.

Source: Jesus Son

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