--- title: "22 Mother Lost Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 22 Mother Lost quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Mother Lost sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/ayanna-pressley-8685_lost_my-mother-lost-her-job-so-i-left-school_1929223.jpg" --- > [My mother lost her job, so I left school to work full-time to support her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayanna-pressley/my-mother-lost-her-job-so-i-left-school-to-work-full-time-to-support/) [Ayanna Pressley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayanna-pressley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/ayanna-pressley-8685_lost_my-mother-lost-her-job-so-i-left-school_1929223.jpg) > [My mother lost her hearing at the age of five years old, from spinal meningitis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-raci/my-mother-lost-her-hearing-at-the-age-of-five-years-old-from-spinal/) [Paul Raci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-raci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/paul-raci-9038_age_my-mother-lost-her-hearing-at-the-age-of_1046607.jpg) > [I don't think any mother who has lost a child is ever the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-biden/i-don-t-think-any-mother-who-has-lost-a-child-is-ever-the-same/) [Jill Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/jill-biden-4577_child_i-don-t-think-any-mother-who-has-lost-a_2896674.png) > [Cersei is a character who's done unspeakable things, and yet we also know that she's a mother who's lost her children -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-podeswa/cersei-is-a-character-who-s-done-unspeakable-things-and-yet-we-also/) [Jeremy Podeswa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-podeswa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/jeremy-podeswa-24213_character_cersei-is-a-character-who-s-done-unspeak_2605428.jpg) > [When you get born your father and mother lost something out of themselves, and they are going to bust a ham trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/when-you-get-born-your-father-and-mother-lost-something-out-of/) [Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/robert-penn-warren-2118_bigs_when-you-get-born-your-father-and-mother_2961090.jpg) > [“My mother lost too much and repaired herself in the only way she was able to repair herself. That in fact she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/my-mother-lost-too-much-and-repaired-herself-in-the-only-way-she-was/) [Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/elizabeth-berg-853_open-house_my-mother-lost-too-much-and-repaired-her_1200198.jpg) > [As a mother and someone who has lost so many family members to cancer, it is important to me to bring awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-richards/as-a-mother-and-someone-who-has-lost-so-many-family-members-to-cancer/) [Kyle Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/kyle-richards-6606_awareness_as-a-mother-and-someone-who-has-lost-so_1909712.jpg) > [Dont hurt me,'Caine whispered. He didnt have the will to look up at her. Gaia laughed. "Have you seen Mother? I seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/dont-hurt-me-caine-whispered-he-didnt-have-the-will-to-look-up-at-her/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/michael-grant-1391_gaia_dont-hurt-me-caine-whispered-he-didnt-ha_1864790.png) > [I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/i-was-brought-up-in-the-shadow-of-the-holocaust-my-mother-lost-most/) [Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/naomi-benaron-32992_adults_i-was-brought-up-in-the-shadow-of-the-ho_1088259.png) > [I hurt for every mother who's lost a son, every son who's lost a father, and every child whose life was taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-mcbath/i-hurt-for-every-mother-who-s-lost-a-son-every-son-who-s-lost-a/) [Lucy McBath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-mcbath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/lucy-mcbath-5736_better-future_i-hurt-for-every-mother-who-s-lost-a-son_110823.jpg) > [My mother is a very strong woman. We were seven kids; five of them passed away. My elder brother and I are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nana-patekar/my-mother-is-a-very-strong-woman-we-were-seven-kids-five-of-them/) [Nana Patekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nana-patekar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/nana-patekar-5506_alive_my-mother-is-a-very-strong-woman-we-were_1825387.jpg) > [After eight years of fighting, and multiple rounds of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation, my mother lost her battle with cancer. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leana-s-wen/after-eight-years-of-fighting-and-multiple-rounds-of-chemotherapy/) [Leana S. Wen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leana-s-wen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/leana-s-wen-5829_cancer_after-eight-years-of-fighting-and-multip_760669.jpg) > [As Anna Freud remarked, the toddler who wanders off into some other aisle, feels lost, and screams anxiously for his mother neversays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-bettelheim/as-anna-freud-remarked-the-toddler-who-wanders-off-into-some-other/) [Bruno Bettelheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-bettelheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/bruno-bettelheim-14782_agree_as-anna-freud-remarked-the-toddler-who-w_1246604.jpg) > [“Grief takes about a year,” Mrs. Kelly once told a young mother who had lost her son. “You have to get through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-harman/grief-takes-about-a-year-mrs-kelly-once-told-a-young-mother-who-had/) [Patricia Harman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-harman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/patricia-harman-60175_first-snow_grief-takes-about-a-year-mrs-kelly-once_900238.jpg) > [One thing I did have under my belt was, my mother lost her mother when she was 11. She mourned her mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/one-thing-i-did-have-under-my-belt-was-my-mother-lost-her-mother-when/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/patti-smith-394_belts_one-thing-i-did-have-under-my-belt-was-m_2839598.jpg) > [We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity. I don't want to oversimplify things - but the suffering of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/we-are-all-connected-what-unites-us-is-our-common-humanity-i-don-t/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/desmond-tutu-442_black_we-are-all-connected-what-unites-us-is-o_2323093.jpg) > [My neighborhood was rough, but I live a great life now. I don't fight that much now. I don't look for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shia-labeouf/my-neighborhood-was-rough-but-i-live-a-great-life-now-i-don-t-fight/) [Shia LaBeouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shia-labeouf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/shia-labeouf-1794_accountants_my-neighborhood-was-rough-but-i-live-a-g_1029263.jpg) > [“Her eyes register the darkness beyond the windows, then travel back to the neglected groceries. Something in her sags. And for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/her-eyes-register-the-darkness-beyond-the-windows-then-travel-back-to/) [Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/victoria-schwab-1505_darkness_her-eyes-register-the-darkness-beyond-th_2433221.jpg) > [“Just when it seemed my mother couldn’t bear one more needle, one more insane orange pill, my sister, in silence, stood at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-shinder/just-when-it-seemed-my-mother-couldn-t-bear-one-more-needle-one-more/) [Jason Shinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-shinder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/jason-shinder-87664_death_just-when-it-seemed-my-mother-couldn-t-b_881745.jpg) > [“As the sky behind the Eddy Match Factory across the river filled with light, the steady timbre of the water and rapids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-urquhart/as-the-sky-behind-the-eddy-match-factory-across-the-river-filled-with/) [Jane Urquhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-urquhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/jane-urquhart-35831_female-voice_as-the-sky-behind-the-eddy-match-factory_1831512.jpg) > [“Hestia stared back into the empty sockets of the blackened skull and now saw that long ago they held eyes, the crying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-e-ellis/hestia-stared-back-into-the-empty-sockets-of-the-blackened-skull-and/) [S.E. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-e-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/s-e-ellis-275248_children_hestia-stared-back-into-the-empty-socket_2337299.jpg) > [Obviously, I got very lucky that even though I lost my mother, I lost her later in life, but it's still had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-love-hewitt/obviously-i-got-very-lucky-that-even-though-i-lost-my-mother-i-lost/) [Jennifer Love Hewitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-love-hewitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/jennifer-love-hewitt-3425_effect_obviously-i-got-very-lucky-that-even-tho_3082651.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-lost/#itemlist", "name": "Mother Lost Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My mother lost her job, so I left school to work full-time to support her.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ayanna Pressley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayanna-pressley/my-mother-lost-her-job-so-i-left-school-to-work-full-time-to-support/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/ayanna-pressley-8685_lost_my-mother-lost-her-job-so-i-left-school_1929223.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/ayanna-pressley-8685_lost_my-mother-lost-her-job-so-i-left-school_1929223.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/ayanna-pressley-8685_lost_my-mother-lost-her-job-so-i-left-school_1929223.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My mother lost her job, so I left school to work full-time to support her.” — Ayanna Pressley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My mother lost her hearing at the age of five years old, from spinal meningitis.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Raci" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-raci/my-mother-lost-her-hearing-at-the-age-of-five-years-old-from-spinal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/paul-raci-9038_age_my-mother-lost-her-hearing-at-the-age-of_1046607.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/paul-raci-9038_age_my-mother-lost-her-hearing-at-the-age-of_1046607.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/paul-raci-9038_age_my-mother-lost-her-hearing-at-the-age-of_1046607.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My mother lost her hearing at the age of five years old, from spinal meningitis.” — Paul Raci", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think any mother who has lost a child is ever the same.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Biden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-biden/i-don-t-think-any-mother-who-has-lost-a-child-is-ever-the-same/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/jill-biden-4577_child_i-don-t-think-any-mother-who-has-lost-a_2896674.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/jill-biden-4577_child_i-don-t-think-any-mother-who-has-lost-a_2896674.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/jill-biden-4577_child_i-don-t-think-any-mother-who-has-lost-a_2896674.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think any mother who has lost a child is ever the same.” — Jill Biden", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cersei is a character who's done unspeakable things, and yet we also know that she's a mother who's lost her children - 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The mother who lost her little boy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victoria Schwab" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/her-eyes-register-the-darkness-beyond-the-windows-then-travel-back-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/victoria-schwab-1505_darkness_her-eyes-register-the-darkness-beyond-th_2433221.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/victoria-schwab-1505_darkness_her-eyes-register-the-darkness-beyond-th_2433221.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/victoria-schwab-1505_darkness_her-eyes-register-the-darkness-beyond-th_2433221.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Her eyes register the darkness beyond the windows, then travel back to the neglected groceries. 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