Died Quote by Cheryl Strayed

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.

— Cheryl Strayed

My mom died when I was 22. My stepfather, who I loved like a father, pretty quickly got involved with another woman. Suddenly there…

— Cheryl Strayed

My whole life sort of ended when my mom died.

— Cheryl Strayed

I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I…

— Susan Smith

Losing my mother at such an early age is the scar of my soul. But I feel like it ultimately made me into the…

— Mariska Hargitay

My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was…

— Brooke Shields

My mom ending up passing away, and I got really depressed and didn't have money for therapy, and so I started doing standup to…

— Cristela Alonzo

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role,…

— Sarah Polley

After my mother's death, I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.

— Nancy Hale

After eight years of fighting, and multiple rounds of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation, my mother lost her battle with cancer. I think about her…

— Leana S. Wen

Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a…

— John Green

My mother died in 1997 and I spiralled into this self-destructive vortex of trying to annihilate my consciousness. I was afraid to face the…

— Panos Cosmatos