Morrie,” Koppel said, “that was seventy years ago your…

Now that our mother has died, we're two orphans, Angie and I, so she has a deep understanding of the orphans she adopts.

— James Haven

“Her own mother had died when Anna was twelve and since then father and daughter had faced the world like a pair of nineteenth-century…

— John Banville

“Charles Snow had been as spiritually curious as a fence post, and Pete doubted that his father had ever changed in any meaningful way,…

— Smith Henderson

Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That's the kind of thing that turns my heart…

— Amy Hempel

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

— Koichi Tanaka

“Nine months ago, my mother died. This was the saddest, most painful time of my life, but somehow unexpected laughter managed to eke its…

— Meredith Spidel

“My name is Mila, and this is my journey. There are so many places where I could begin the story. I could start in…

— Tess Gerritsen

After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and…

— Conrad Veidt

“Liberated in Germany by the Americans, seven-year-old Valya Brekeleva and her family of slave labourers went home to Novgorod as non-persons. “Most of the…

— Max Hastings

When my mother died of cancer in 2014, my father was quick to reinvent himself. Within a year, he moved to Thailand, became obsessed…

— Michelle Zauner

Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. Love as powerful as your mother's for…

— J. K. Rowling

I have to say that since my mother died, I am not the same person anymore. My life has changed a great deal because…

— Sophia Loren

I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school.…

— Bernie Mac

If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth. "It's that bad?" Raisa nodded.…

— Cinda Williams Chima

When my mother died, my father was in a crisis, my sister was in a crisis, everyone was in a crisis. I went round…

— Stuart Rose