His mother, who had never been able to manage him, sent him to school to get rid of him, lamented his absence till he returned, then writhed and fretted under his presence until again he went.

George MacDonald
His mother, who had never been able to manage him,...
His mother, who had never been able to manage him,...
His mother, who had never been able to manage him,...
His mother, who had never been able to manage him,...
About This Quote

One of the strangest things about this quote is that it is written in the voice of a child. There's something so eerie about the idea of a little boy who can't seem to get along with his mother and is sent away by her to get rid of him. We all know that we don't want to be around people who we can't get along with and we don't want people we love to be unhappy. Yet we can find ourselves doing just that.

Source: Mary Marston

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