--- title: "9 Mother Dying Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Mother Dying quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Mother Dying sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/clive-barnes-51837_death_the-mother-is-not-dying-exactly-but-has_1523414.png" --- > [The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barnes/the-mother-is-not-dying-exactly-but-has-reached-a-point-in-life-where/) [Clive Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/clive-barnes-51837_death_the-mother-is-not-dying-exactly-but-has_1523414.png) > [Life at home wasn't very good and I had really left by the time I was 16 and didn't go back until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/life-at-home-wasn-t-very-good-and-i-had-really-left-by-the-time-i-was/) [Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/roger-scruton-971_good_life-at-home-wasn-t-very-good-and-i-had_1852004.jpg) > [When I was 17 years old, I put out an album while my mother was dying of cancer. That right there alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-mama/when-i-was-17-years-old-i-put-out-an-album-while-my-mother-was-dying/) [Lil Mama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-mama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/lil-mama-24043_album_when-i-was-17-years-old-i-put-out-an-alb_1938401.jpg) > [“But I’ve been reading A Very Easy Death, about Simone de Beauvoir’s mother dying of cancer – it’s just brilliant. It really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-garner/but-i-ve-been-reading-a-very-easy-death-about-simone-de-beauvoir-s/) [Helen Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-garner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/helen-garner-12280_death_but-i-ve-been-reading-a-very-easy-death_81253.jpg) > [“Good for you, Jason. It's perfectly natural to be angry with your mother for dying. Everybody who loses someone special goes through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-nolan/good-for-you-jason-it-s-perfectly-natural-to-be-angry-with-your/) [Han Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-nolan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/han-nolan-27297_death_good-for-you-jason-it-s-perfectly-natura_1895311.jpg) > [The Boy You Made Fun Of For Crying, His Mother Is Dying. You Think You Know Them, Guess What? You Dont¦RE-POST &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/im-nothing/the-boy-you-made-fun-of-for-crying-his-mother-is-dying-you-think-you/) Im Nothing [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/im-nothing-1550_bullying_the-boy-you-made-fun-of-for-crying-his-m_2501064.jpg) > [There was one point where my mother was dying of lung cancer, and a journalist dressed up as a nurse and got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-burns/there-was-one-point-where-my-mother-was-dying-of-lung-cancer-and-a/) [Pete Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/pete-burns-16559_fame_there-was-one-point-where-my-mother-was_1741921.jpg) > [“If we wanted to think about it,’ wrote Proust, ‘perhaps there is no really loving mother who could not, on her dying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/if-we-wanted-to-think-about-it-wrote-proust-perhaps-there-is-no/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/alain-de-botton-221_love_if-we-wanted-to-think-about-it-wrote-pro_965686.jpg) > [“My mother’s dying and may not live through the week. So, yes, I’d rather die trying to save her than live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/my-mother-s-dying-and-may-not-live-through-the-week-so-yes-i-d-rather/) [Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/sherrilyn-kenyon-25_death_my-mother-s-dying-and-may-not-live-throu_1914987.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-dying/#itemlist", "name": "Mother Dying Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clive Barnes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barnes/the-mother-is-not-dying-exactly-but-has-reached-a-point-in-life-where/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/clive-barnes-51837_death_the-mother-is-not-dying-exactly-but-has_1523414.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/clive-barnes-51837_death_the-mother-is-not-dying-exactly-but-has_1523414.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/clive-barnes-51837_death_the-mother-is-not-dying-exactly-but-has_1523414.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase.” — Clive Barnes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life at home wasn't very good and I had really left by the time I was 16 and didn't go back until after Cambridge when I went to look after my mother when she was dying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roger Scruton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/life-at-home-wasn-t-very-good-and-i-had-really-left-by-the-time-i-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/roger-scruton-971_good_life-at-home-wasn-t-very-good-and-i-had_1852004.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/roger-scruton-971_good_life-at-home-wasn-t-very-good-and-i-had_1852004.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/roger-scruton-971_good_life-at-home-wasn-t-very-good-and-i-had_1852004.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life at home wasn't very good and I had really left by the time I was 16 and didn't go back until after…” — Roger Scruton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was 17 years old, I put out an album while my mother was dying of cancer. 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