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Nick Hawley-Gamer
Colette is Nicole’s mom and an important influence for adolescent Michelle. Colette’s more laissez-fair approach to mothering (she gossips and goes to thrift stores with Nicole) makes Michelle envious. Moreover, Michelle often uses Colette’s professional ambitions to chide Chongmi for her lack of a career. In the worst moments of Michelle’s relationship with her own mother, Colette becomes the ultimate point of tension—after Michelle complains about Chongmi’s constant disapproval, Chongmi kicks her daughter out of the house, shouting, “[O]h okay, fine then, you go live with Colette!”
Colette Quotes in Crying in H Mart
The Crying in H Mart quotes below are all either spoken by Colette or refer to Colette. 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 14: Lovely Quotes
I wanted to uncover something special about [my mom] that only I could reveal. That she was so much more than a housewife, than a mother. That she was her own spectacular individual. Perhaps I was still sanctimoniously belittling the two roles she was ultimately most proud of, unable to accept that the same degree of fulfillment may await those who wish to nurture and love as those who seek to earn and create. Her art was the love that beat on and her loved ones, a contribution to the world that could be just as monumental as a song or a book. There could not be one without the other. Maybe I was just terrified that I might be the closest thing she had to leaving a piece of herself behind.
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Colette Quotes in Crying in H Mart
The Crying in H Mart quotes below are all either spoken by Colette or refer to Colette. 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 14: Lovely Quotes
I wanted to uncover something special about [my mom] that only I could reveal. That she was so much more than a housewife, than a mother. That she was her own spectacular individual. Perhaps I was still sanctimoniously belittling the two roles she was ultimately most proud of, unable to accept that the same degree of fulfillment may await those who wish to nurture and love as those who seek to earn and create. Her art was the love that beat on and her loved ones, a contribution to the world that could be just as monumental as a song or a book. There could not be one without the other. Maybe I was just terrified that I might be the closest thing she had to leaving a piece of herself behind.
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