{"id":68700,"date":"2022-06-07T15:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=68700"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T19:16:50","slug":"maid-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/maid-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Maid Quotes by Stephanie Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the best <em>Maid<\/em> quotes by Stephanie Land? How can these quotes make you think differently about motherhood and poverty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maid<\/em> tells the inspirational story of Stephanie Land, a single mother who worked endlessly to support herself and her daughter through poverty. The book provides social commentary on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/americas-work-ethic\/\">American work ethic<\/a> and stereotypes about poor people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of <em>Maid<\/em> quotes with context and explanations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maid-by-stephanie-land\"><em>Maid<\/em> by Stephanie Land<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maid<\/em> is Stephanie Land\u2019s memoir of her struggle to make ends meet as a single mom by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/working-as-a-housekeeper\/\">working as a housekeeper<\/a> and relying on government assistance. Since <em>Maid<\/em> was published, it has been adapted into a popular, critically acclaimed Netflix miniseries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond being a personal narrative, <em>Maid<\/em> is also a broader social commentary on the American \u201cpull yourself up by your bootstraps\u201d mentality. Land does backbreaking labor under difficult conditions while caring for her daughter and studying to get a college degree\u2014yet circumstances beyond her control keep her mired in poverty. From domestic abuse to flawed government policies, the obstacles that Land must overcome are overwhelming. By the end of the memoir, while she hasn\u2019t yet fully escaped her situation, she has begun to make a better life for herself and her daughter.&nbsp;Below are the best <em>Maid<\/em> quotes by Land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-best-maid-quotes\">Best <em>Maid<\/em> Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cLike I had been in the wrong for leaving a man who threatened me. I knew there were countless women out there in the same situation as I had been.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Land lives with her boyfriend Jamie throughout her pregnancy and during the first seven months of her daughter, Mia\u2019s, life. <strong>During this time, Jamie continues his rages, threats, and insults. <\/strong>He calls Land ugly, stupid, and crazy. Land no longer feels safe. She decides to move in with her father and his new family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Land and Mia move in with Land\u2019s dad. <strong>Land\u2019s dad and his wife don&#8217;t have a lot of money and live in a mobile home, so having two extra people staying with them is a burden.<\/strong> After a few weeks, Land\u2019s dad tells her that she needs to leave. He and his wife then fight about Land staying with them, and <em>he<\/em> physically abuses <em>his<\/em> wife. Land tries to tell her aunt and brother about the domestic violence, but her father has already told them that Land made the story up for attention and that she did the same with her story about Jamie. Land moves out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cSingle parenting isn\u2019t just being the only one to take care of your kid. It\u2019s not about being able to \u201ctap out\u201d for a break&nbsp;or tag team bath- and bedtime; those were the least of the difficulties I faced. I had a crushing amount of responsibility.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Land\u2019s relationship with Jamie was untenable, it did provide some financial stability. When Land lived with Jamie before getting pregnant, they were able to combine their incomes and save money on rent. After Land gave birth, she could stay home with Mia while Jamie continued to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Land and Jamie split up, however, Land is on her own. She receives a minimal amount of child support from Jamie, but she\u2019s essentially the sole breadwinner for herself and her daughter, as well as the person responsible for Mia\u2019s care and for obtaining any government assistance that will help them survive. This makes it harder to hold onto a working-class existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cDespite being wealthy and having the two story houses of our American dreams, the marbled sink bathrooms, the offices with bay windows looking out at the water, their lives still lacked something. I became fascinated by the things hidden in dark corners and the self help books for hope. Maybe they just had longer hallways and bigger closets to hide the things that scared them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>While many of Land\u2019s clients are wealthy, their houses are filled with evidence that they are unhappy<\/strong>: photos of dead family members; antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications; a husband and wife leading separate existences, he in one bedroom with his porn magazines, and she in another with her romance novels. At times, Land envies her clients\u2014but she increasingly feels that her own apartment, however small and faulty, is a home because she and Mia fill it with love. Land doesn\u2019t have a lot of time to spend with Mia, but she makes sure Mia has a predictable routine and the two of them go exploring and find free activities to do together on the weekends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Land\u2019s job as a maid makes her feel invisible. Small kindnesses from her clients\u2014like one man buying her two lobsters for dinner, or another woman sitting down for lunch with Land and paying her for that time\u2014help her make it through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI love you, I whispered to myself. I\u2019m here for you. Reassurance of self-love was all I had.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Land gives many examples of how <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/bad-governments\/\">government aid<\/a> policies make degrading assumptions<\/strong> that the poor are uneducated, untrustworthy, dirty, or addicted to drugs. These policies reflect and amplify society\u2019s negative views of people who live in poverty\u2014views that Land herself internalizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the homeless shelter that Land moves into after leaving Jamie has strict rules: random urinalysis, random unit inspections, a 10 p.m. curfew, no outside guests, and submission of monthly statements showing income and expenses. These rules make Land feel like she is an addict or a criminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Land internalizes these negative stereotypes of the poor to such an extent that she constantly feels ashamed of herself. She\u2019s reluctant to relax or read a book in her own home for fear of fulfilling the stereotype of the poor as \u201clazy.\u201d But Land reassures herself that being in poverty isn&#8217;t her fault. 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