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Motherhood Quote by Charles Manson

"I loved my mother, she's a good girl"

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The line lands like a broken lullaby: a confession of attachment that immediately swerves into something off-key. Calling his mother "a good girl" doesn’t just sound childish; it flips the expected hierarchy. Mothers are supposed to be caretakers, moral anchors. Manson’s phrasing shrinks her into a peer, or even an object to be appraised, as if he’s the one handing out grades. It’s a subtle power move tucked inside what pretends to be tenderness.

The intent reads as self-mythmaking. Manson was obsessed with crafting a narrative where he was both wounded child and prophetic judge, the victim who somehow gets to preside over everyone else’s virtue. By insisting he "loved" her, he invites a familiar origin-story framing: damaged upbringing, complicated love, the tragic seed of later violence. But the oddly possessive compliment functions as image control, too. "Good girl" is the language of someone who wants the authority of innocence while speaking in the register of domination.

Context matters because Manson’s public persona was performance: interviews, courtroom antics, the cultivated aura of a man who could bend meanings as easily as people. This sentence is part of that tactic. It offers just enough humanity to bait empathy, then reveals a warped moral vocabulary where affection and assessment blur. You can hear the larger pitch behind it: I’m capable of love; I’m not a monster; you’re the ones misunderstanding. The creepiness isn’t accidental. It’s the sound of a narrative trying to launder control into something resembling care.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Manson, Charles. (2026, January 17). I loved my mother, she's a good girl. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-loved-my-mother-shes-a-good-girl-45728/

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Manson, Charles. "I loved my mother, she's a good girl." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-loved-my-mother-shes-a-good-girl-45728/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I loved my mother, she's a good girl." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-loved-my-mother-shes-a-good-girl-45728/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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Charles Manson (November 11, 1934 - November 19, 2017) was a Criminal from USA.

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