--- title: "6 Killed Grandfather Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Killed Grandfather quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Killed Grandfather sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/cristina-garc-a-19858_black-history_the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-g_21200.png" --- > [“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-great-uncles-and-thousands-of/) [Cristina García](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/cristina-garc-a-19858_black-history_the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-g_21200.png) > [“In February, 1943, eight months before she was murdered in Auschwitz, the German painter Charlotte Salomon killed her grandfather. Salomon’s grandparents, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-bentley/in-february-1943-eight-months-before-she-was-murdered-in-auschwitz/) [Toni Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-bentley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/toni-bentley-37728_auschwitz_in-february-1943-eight-months-before-she_213556.jpg) > [“Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?" He stared at me, baffled. "Why the fuck would you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/yeah-but-what-if-you-went-back-and-killed-your-own-grandfather-he/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/stephen-king-13_grandfather_yeah-but-what-if-you-went-back-and-kille_251175.jpg) > [“Dr. Henry Templeton got the drop on me after I killed his grandfather before he was born. Apparently, that wasn’t enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-wright/dr-henry-templeton-got-the-drop-on-me-after-i-killed-his-grandfather/) [John C. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/john-c-wright-11300_grandfather_dr-henry-templeton-got-the-drop-on-me-af_617048.jpg) > [They killed my Grandfather... That's why I hate sharks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharknado/they-killed-my-grandfather-that-s-why-i-hate-sharks/) [Sharknado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharknado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/sharknado-277521_quote_they-killed-my-grandfather-that-s-why-i_1965009.jpg) > [“It did, but I remembered a hoary old time-travel paradox and pulled it out. “Yeah, but what if you went back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-did-but-i-remembered-a-hoary-old-time-travel-paradox-and-pulled-it/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/stephen-king-13_time-travel_it-did-but-i-remembered-a-hoary-old-time_2587541.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/killed-grandfather/#itemlist", "name": "Killed Grandfather Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cristina García" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-great-uncles-and-thousands-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/cristina-garc-a-19858_black-history_the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-g_21200.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/cristina-garc-a-19858_black-history_the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-g_21200.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/cristina-garc-a-19858_black-history_the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-g_21200.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our…” — Cristina García", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In February, 1943, eight months before she was murdered in Auschwitz, the German painter Charlotte Salomon killed her grandfather. 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