--- title: "7 Loses Child Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Loses Child quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Loses Child sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/donna-grant-13610_children_i-always-wondered-why-they-don-t-have-a_243291.jpg" --- > [“I always wondered why they don’t have a word for a parent who loses a child. If I’d lost Ben, I’d be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-grant/i-always-wondered-why-they-don-t-have-a-word-for-a-parent-who-loses-a/) [Donna Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/donna-grant-13610_children_i-always-wondered-why-they-don-t-have-a_243291.jpg) > [The idea is that Jodie Foster is with her child and she's going back to New York from Germany with her husband's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-bean/the-idea-is-that-jodie-foster-is-with-her-child-and-she-s-going-back/) [Sean Bean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-bean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/sean-bean-21392_body_the-idea-is-that-jodie-foster-is-with-he_646364.jpg) > [When a parent loses a child, there is no greater pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvester-stallone/when-a-parent-loses-a-child-there-is-no-greater-pain/) [Sylvester Stallone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvester-stallone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/sylvester-stallone-966_child_when-a-parent-loses-a-child-there-is-no_744836.jpg) > [“a mother who loses her child can no longer believe in God”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/a-mother-who-loses-her-child-can-no-longer-believe-in-god/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/victor-hugo-32_believe-in-god_a-mother-who-loses-her-child-can-no-long_1661800.jpg) > [Every parent who loses a child finds a way to laugh again. The timbre begins to fade. The edge dulls. The hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/every-parent-who-loses-a-child-finds-a-way-to-laugh-again-the-timbre/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/jonathan-safran-foer-136_children_every-parent-who-loses-a-child-finds-a-w_2278822.png) > [“There are no words, not in English, Spanish, Arabic, or Hebrew, that have been invented to explain what it’s like to lose…](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) > [The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mencius/the-man-of-true-greatness-never-loses-his-child-s-heart/) [Mencius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mencius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/mencius-3576_children_the-man-of-true-greatness-never-loses-hi_2577639.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loses-child/#itemlist", "name": "Loses Child Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I always wondered why they don’t have a word for a parent who loses a child. 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