--- title: "4 Understand Died Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Understand Died quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Understand Died sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/dalton-trumbo-9732_psychology_they-died-crying-in-their-minds-like-lit_202709.jpg" --- > [“They died crying in their minds like little babies. They forgot the thing they were fighting for the thing they were dying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalton-trumbo/they-died-crying-in-their-minds-like-little-babies-they-forgot-the/) [Dalton Trumbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalton-trumbo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/dalton-trumbo-9732_psychology_they-died-crying-in-their-minds-like-lit_202709.jpg) > [“Everyone was so worried about me when I broke my ankle and it confused me. I have a huge, loving family and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/everyone-was-so-worried-about-me-when-i-broke-my-ankle-and-it/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/roxane-gay-520_circle-of-friends_everyone-was-so-worried-about-me-when-i_300613.png) > [ “\[...\] and I had to face something I’ve long pretended wasn’t true, for reasons I don’t fully understand. If I died, I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/and-i-had-to-face-something-i-ve-long-pretended-wasn-t-true-for/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/roxane-gay-520_responsibility_and-i-had-to-face-something-i-ve-long-pr_1635898.jpg) > [“He was telling her here, in this cellar, as he kissed her feet, he had understood love for the first time -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vasily-grossman/he-was-telling-her-here-in-this-cellar-as-he-kissed-her-feet-he-had/) [Vasily Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vasily-grossman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/vasily-grossman-4608_first-time_he-was-telling-her-here-in-this-cellar-a_3068182.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understand-died/#itemlist", "name": "Understand Died Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They died crying in their minds like little babies. 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