--- title: "11 Mother Die Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Mother Die quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Mother Die sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/chris-isaak-12572_children_tell-me-mother-will-i-die-yes-my-child-a_218304.png" --- > [“Tell me Mother will I die? Yes, my child and so shall I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-isaak/tell-me-mother-will-i-die-yes-my-child-and-so-shall-i/) [Chris Isaak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-isaak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/chris-isaak-12572_children_tell-me-mother-will-i-die-yes-my-child-a_218304.png) > [A career is a career, but you're a mother until you die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-eaton/a-career-is-a-career-but-you-re-a-mother-until-you-die/) [Shirley Eaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-eaton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/shirley-eaton-32797_career_a-career-is-a-career-but-you-re-a-mother_415303.png) > [I am a mother first. I will always be a mother, and I would die for my kids if need be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-gosselin/i-am-a-mother-first-i-will-always-be-a-mother-and-i-would-die-for-my/) [Kate Gosselin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-gosselin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/kate-gosselin-5519_always_i-am-a-mother-first-i-will-always-be-a-m_2022780.jpg) > [Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/without-a-mother-one-cannot-love-without-a-mother-one-cannot-die/) [Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/hermann-hesse-130_dies_without-a-mother-one-cannot-love-without_1922376.png) > [A career is a career, but youre a mother until you die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-eaton/a-career-is-a-career-but-youre-a-mother-until-you-die/) [Shirley Eaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-eaton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/shirley-eaton-32797_career_a-career-is-a-career-but-youre-a-mother_3189400.png) > [Spending the day with you has been marginally better than watching mother die of cancer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-jolly/spending-the-day-with-you-has-been-marginally-better-than-watching/) [Arthur M. Jolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-jolly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/arthur-m-jolly-37319_cancer_spending-the-day-with-you-has-been-margi_1308644.jpg) > [“It hadn't occurred to me that my mother would die. Until she was dying, the thought had never entered my mind. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/it-hadn-t-occurred-to-me-that-my-mother-would-die-until-she-was-dying/) [Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/cheryl-strayed-605_death_it-hadn-t-occurred-to-me-that-my-mother_2624613.jpg) > [“I originally feared she might be dead, which felt like a sealed book that I would never be able to read. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-louise-stephenson/i-originally-feared-she-might-be-dead-which-felt-like-a-sealed-book/) [Janet Louise Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-louise-stephenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/janet-louise-stephenson-73986_adoption_i-originally-feared-she-might-be-dead-wh_414892.jpg) > [“Her mother will die, but it will not be because death has found her mother. It will be because her mother dared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-gurley/her-mother-will-die-but-it-will-not-be-because-death-has-found-her/) [Jason Gurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-gurley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/jason-gurley-37130_death_her-mother-will-die-but-it-will-not-be-b_2185210.jpg) > [At one point, early on, some public figures even asked whether it 'made sense' to rebuild New Orleans. Would you let your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-piazza/at-one-point-early-on-some-public-figures-even-asked-whether-it-made/) [Tom Piazza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-piazza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/tom-piazza-46948_busy_at-one-point-early-on-some-public-figure_241393.jpg) > [Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-n-wilson/watching-a-whole-cluster-of-friends-and-my-own-mother-die-over-quite/) [A. N. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-n-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/a-n-wilson-9011_cluster_watching-a-whole-cluster-of-friends-and_282804.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-die/#itemlist", "name": "Mother Die Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Tell me Mother will I die? 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