--- title: "1 Like Parent Quotes By Eimear McBride" description: "1 Like Parent quotes by Eimear McBride. Plus more from Eimear McBride and more Like Parent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/eimear-mcbride-34551_children_besides-it-s-as-nothing-to-the-death-of_1006732.jpg" --- > [“Besides it’s as nothing to the death of a child. He doesn’t mind telling you his faith was sorely tried. There’s no grief like a parent’s.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/besides-it-s-as-nothing-to-the-death-of-a-child-he-doesn-t-mind/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/eimear-mcbride-34551_children_besides-it-s-as-nothing-to-the-death-of_1006732.jpg) ## More by Eimear McBride > [“Real life's not all about romance and I should remember that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/real-life-s-not-all-about-romance-and-i-should-remember-that/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“Do you hear me? Is it ever time for you to understand. I meant I meant that for I never thought you could think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/do-you-hear-me-is-it-ever-time-for-you-to-understand-i-meant-i-meant/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“Besides it’s as nothing to the death of a child. He doesn’t mind telling you his faith was sorely tried. There’s no grief like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/besides-it-s-as-nothing-to-the-death-of-a-child-he-doesn-t-mind/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“I'm not lost. Or not lost much. Lonely. It is that and I don't know what to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/i-m-not-lost-or-not-lost-much-lonely-it-is-that-and-i-don-t-know-what/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“Have a smack. Was all that happened for years. And my head is good for secrets. I can bang it on the wall. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/have-a-smack-was-all-that-happened-for-years-and-my-head-is-good-for/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“See. My one act. I might be a person. Beneath the.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/see-my-one-act-i-might-be-a-person-beneath-the/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“And they clapped they loved they worshipped him. I picked up sticks out of my hair. Dirt up off my tongue. I felt the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/and-they-clapped-they-loved-they-worshipped-him-i-picked-up-sticks/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“I am tired. Too full of stuff I've done. Where my legs hurt where my scalp hurts. I'll not fight the thing inside me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/i-am-tired-too-full-of-stuff-i-ve-done-where-my-legs-hurt-where-my/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“For all of that I wanted to be out of it. All of that. You wanted to be in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/for-all-of-that-i-wanted-to-be-out-of-it-all-of-that-you-wanted-to-be/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“Hurt me. Until I am outside pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/hurt-me-until-i-am-outside-pain/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“This wrong doubtful body should not have been mine. Mine was. Not this. Was perfect. Once. Drag the. I will and sit and drown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/this-wrong-doubtful-body-should-not-have-been-mine-mine-was-not-this/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“Being young you have not yet known the fool’s triumph nor yet nor yet love being lost as soon as won. No. That’s wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/being-young-you-have-not-yet-known-the-fool-s-triumph-nor-yet-nor-yet/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“We were moving off now. From each other. As cannot be. Helped. I didn't want it from that time on. You know. All that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/we-were-moving-off-now-from-each-other-as-cannot-be-helped-i-didn-t/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) > [“There is no Jesus here these days just Come all you fucking lads. I’ll have you every one any day. Breakfast dinner lunch and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eimear-mcbride/there-is-no-jesus-here-these-days-just-come-all-you-fucking-lads-i-ll/) [Eimear McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eimear-mcbride/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-parent/eimear-mcbride/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Parent Quotes By Eimear McBride", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Besides it’s as nothing to the death of a child. He doesn’t mind telling you his faith was sorely tried. 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