--- title: "1 Loses Child Quotes By D.E. Eliot" description: "1 Loses Child quotes by D.E. Eliot. Plus more from D.E. Eliot and more Loses Child sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/d-e-eliot-46799_children_there-are-no-words-not-in-english-spanis_2439712.jpg" --- > [“There are no words, not in English, Spanish, Arabic, or Hebrew, that have been invented to explain what it’s like to lose a child. The nightmarish heartache of it. The unexplainable trepidation that follows. No mother loses a child without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-e-eliot/there-are-no-words-not-in-english-spanish-arabic-or-hebrew-that-have/) [D.E. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-e-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/d-e-eliot-46799_children_there-are-no-words-not-in-english-spanis_2439712.jpg) ## More by D.E. Eliot > [“Thank you for loving me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-e-eliot/thank-you-for-loving-me/) [D.E. 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