--- title: "17 Parents Die Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Parents Die quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Parents Die sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/mary-catherine-bateson-11582_dies_when-parents-die-all-of-the-partings-of_664216.png" --- > [When parents die, all of the partings of the past are reevoked with the realization that this time they will not return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-catherine-bateson/when-parents-die-all-of-the-partings-of-the-past-are-reevoked-with/) [Mary Catherine Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-catherine-bateson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/mary-catherine-bateson-11582_dies_when-parents-die-all-of-the-partings-of_664216.png) > [Father died last year. I don't subscribe to the theory by which we only become truly adult when our parents die; we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/father-died-last-year-i-don-t-subscribe-to-the-theory-by-which-we/) [Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/michel-houellebecq-1497_adults_father-died-last-year-i-don-t-subscribe_2082859.png) > [“Did your parents die of the flu?’ ‘Yeah, I don’t really know how long ago that was now though. It’s hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-birch/did-your-parents-die-of-the-flu-yeah-i-don-t-really-know-how-long-ago/) [Stephen Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-birch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/stephen-birch-279617_long-ago_did-your-parents-die-of-the-flu-yeah-i-d_259487.jpg) > [“and that's the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going into every fight with backup, you are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/and-that-s-the-thing-when-your-parents-die-you-feel-like-instead-of/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/mitch-albom-187_feel_and-that-s-the-thing-when-your-parents-d_57437.png) > [But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-she-wasn-t-around-and-that-s-the-thing-when-your-parents-die-you/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/mitch-albom-187_backup_but-she-wasn-t-around-and-that-s-the-thi_2527850.png) > [One reason you are stricken when your parents die is that the audience you've been aiming at all your life - shocking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-whitehorn/one-reason-you-are-stricken-when-your-parents-die-is-that-the/) [Katharine Whitehorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-whitehorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/katharine-whitehorn-12429_audience_one-reason-you-are-stricken-when-your-pa_636991.png) > [Never become too busy for your brother or your sister. For when your parents die, it is your hearts alone that will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ramirez/never-become-too-busy-for-your-brother-or-your-sister-for-when-your/) [Laura Ramirez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ramirez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/laura-ramirez-30904_brother_never-become-too-busy-for-your-brother-o_2747366.jpg) > [The only person with you all your life is you. Your parents die. Things inside you die — illusions, gushes of personality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bush/the-only-person-with-you-all-your-life-is-you-your-parents-die-things/) [Kate Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/kate-bush-1547_dies_the-only-person-with-you-all-your-life-i_2202286.jpg) > [...she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-frazier/she-knew-in-her-heart-that-nature-has-a-preference-for-a-particular/) [Charles Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-frazier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/charles-frazier-3165_accord_she-knew-in-her-heart-that-nature-has-a_1164549.jpg) > [I can't imagine my loved ones being in this world without anybody to turn to, without any support or encouragement, guidance in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-bailey/i-can-t-imagine-my-loved-ones-being-in-this-world-without-anybody-to/) [Philip Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-bailey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/philip-bailey-4862_fashion_i-can-t-imagine-my-loved-ones-being-in-t_2536772.jpg) > [I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/i-have-a-son-who-is-a-not-an-ordinary-form-of-schizophrenia-but/) [James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/james-d-watson-4724_care_i-have-a-son-who-is-a-not-an-ordinary-fo_2102405.png) > [“When your parents die, Alessandro, you feel that you have betrayed them." "Why?" Luciana asked. "Because you come to love your children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/when-your-parents-die-alessandro-you-feel-that-you-have-betrayed-them/) [Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/mark-helprin-1171_love-your-children_when-your-parents-die-alessandro-you-fee_665810.png) > [I had the experience of having my grandmother in a nursing home at the end of her life, and had dementia set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-had-the-experience-of-having-my-grandmother-in-a-nursing-home-at/) [Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/tamara-jenkins-33031_age_i-had-the-experience-of-having-my-grandm_2847421.jpg) > [“Maybe we don’t really grow up until our parents die, she thought. Maybe her infant memory was forever looking to Zod and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donia-bijan/maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our-parents-die-she-thought-maybe/) [Donia Bijan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donia-bijan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/donia-bijan-50608_parenting_maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our_2507427.jpg) > [“It was not their first choice, and they did not know if they would ever feel at home there, but they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-e-bender/it-was-not-their-first-choice-and-they-did-not-know-if-they-would/) [Karen E. Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-e-bender/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/karen-e-bender-100335_childhood_it-was-not-their-first-choice-and-they-d_1979420.jpg) > [“In the famine children saw their parents die and then went to live with the people on the other side. In their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulette-jiles/in-the-famine-children-saw-their-parents-die-and-then-went-to-live/) [Paulette Jiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulette-jiles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/paulette-jiles-13252_children_in-the-famine-children-saw-their-parents_908940.jpg) > [I suppose if your parents die in their 50s and you are approaching 50, you see that you are definitely not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-mack/i-suppose-if-your-parents-die-in-their-50s-and-you-are-approaching-50/) [Lee Mack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-mack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/lee-mack-7146_life_i-suppose-if-your-parents-die-in-their-5_363430.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-die/#itemlist", "name": "Parents Die Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When parents die, all of the partings of the past are reevoked with the realization that this time they will not return.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Catherine Bateson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-catherine-bateson/when-parents-die-all-of-the-partings-of-the-past-are-reevoked-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/mary-catherine-bateson-11582_dies_when-parents-die-all-of-the-partings-of_664216.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/mary-catherine-bateson-11582_dies_when-parents-die-all-of-the-partings-of_664216.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/mary-catherine-bateson-11582_dies_when-parents-die-all-of-the-partings-of_664216.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When parents die, all of the partings of the past are reevoked with the realization that this time they will…” — Mary Catherine Bateson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Father died last year. 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And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James D. Watson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/i-have-a-son-who-is-a-not-an-ordinary-form-of-schizophrenia-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/james-d-watson-4724_care_i-have-a-son-who-is-a-not-an-ordinary-fo_2102405.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/james-d-watson-4724_care_i-have-a-son-who-is-a-not-an-ordinary-fo_2102405.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/james-d-watson-4724_care_i-have-a-son-who-is-a-not-an-ordinary-fo_2102405.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself…” — James D. Watson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When your parents die, Alessandro, you feel that you have betrayed them.\" \"Why?\" Luciana asked. \"Because you come to love your children more. I lost my mother and father to images in photographs and handwriting on letters, and as I abandoned them for you, the saddest thing was that they made no protest. \"Even now that I'm going back to them, I regret above all that I must leave you.\" \"You're not going back to anybody,\" Alessandro told him. \"We'll solve those problems later.\" \"Alessandro,\" his father said, almost cheerfully. \"You don't understand. This kind of problem is very special: it has no solution.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Helprin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/when-your-parents-die-alessandro-you-feel-that-you-have-betrayed-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/mark-helprin-1171_love-your-children_when-your-parents-die-alessandro-you-fee_665810.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/mark-helprin-1171_love-your-children_when-your-parents-die-alessandro-you-fee_665810.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/mark-helprin-1171_love-your-children_when-your-parents-die-alessandro-you-fee_665810.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When your parents die, Alessandro, you feel that you have betrayed them.\" \"Why?\" Luciana asked. \"Because you…” — Mark Helprin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had the experience of having my grandmother in a nursing home at the end of her life, and had dementia set in with my father. He was in a nursing home with dementia at the end of his life, but it happened for me personally 10 years ago. My father was much older than my mother, so I experienced it as a pretty young person. People's parents die at various ages, but my father died of mortality. He died of being an old person. Illness and stuff happened, but essentially, he was old and he was going to die.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tamara Jenkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-had-the-experience-of-having-my-grandmother-in-a-nursing-home-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/tamara-jenkins-33031_age_i-had-the-experience-of-having-my-grandm_2847421.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/tamara-jenkins-33031_age_i-had-the-experience-of-having-my-grandm_2847421.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/tamara-jenkins-33031_age_i-had-the-experience-of-having-my-grandm_2847421.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had the experience of having my grandmother in a nursing home at the end of her life, and had dementia set…” — Tamara Jenkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Maybe we don’t really grow up until our parents die, she thought. Maybe her infant memory was forever looking to Zod and Pari to make things better because they always did. Because if our parents didn’t exalt us, we spend our adult lives blaming them—for not doing this, and not doing that, not being “supportive,” not making an appearance at our first recital, being overprotective or aloof, damaging our self-esteem. Yet at our best or worst, who sees everything? Who knows us best? Who waits and waits to see what we yet may be? Then one day they’re gone and it’s just you, and there’s nothing left to squeeze, no one to blame for the dismay over the course your life has taken. Once the tears have stopped, it’s just the here and now and the desire to do better, to be closer to the person you want to be. Noor”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donia Bijan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donia-bijan/maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our-parents-die-she-thought-maybe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/donia-bijan-50608_parenting_maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our_2507427.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/donia-bijan-50608_parenting_maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our_2507427.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/donia-bijan-50608_parenting_maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our_2507427.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe we don’t really grow up until our parents die, she thought. Maybe her infant memory was forever…” — Donia Bijan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was not their first choice, and they did not know if they would ever feel at home there, but they could afford, finally, a small house as well as a car. They had found their own happiness, weighted by resignation: that they were who they were, that they could never truly know the thoughts of another person, that their love was bruised by the carelessness of their own parents (his mother, her father); that they would wander the world in their dreams with ghostly, intangible lovers, that their children would move from adoration of them to fury, that they and their parents would die in different cities, that they would never accomplish anything that would leave any lasting mark on the world. They had longed for this, from the first lonely moment of their childhoods when they realized they could not marry their fathers or mothers, through the burning romanticism of their teens, to the bustling search of their twenties, and there was the faint regret that this tumult and exhaustion was what they had longed for too, and soon it would be gone.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen E. 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They are forever falling.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulette Jiles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulette-jiles/in-the-famine-children-saw-their-parents-die-and-then-went-to-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/paulette-jiles-13252_children_in-the-famine-children-saw-their-parents_908940.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/paulette-jiles-13252_children_in-the-famine-children-saw-their-parents_908940.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/paulette-jiles-13252_children_in-the-famine-children-saw-their-parents_908940.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the famine children saw their parents die and then went to live with the people on the other side. 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