Devastated Quote by Colleen Hoover

“She gave the word devastated a whole new meaning. I truly believed, at that point, that the word devastated should be reserved for mothers.…

— Colleen Hoover

“Not every daughter mourns the loss of a mother.”

— Rasmenia Massoud

“A child's death isn't always necessary for a mother to grieve.”

— Bebe Moore Campbell

“But grief let loose from a woman who lost a child—that was the worst type of grief of all.”

— Bernice McFadden

“Sadness is awkward. Grief is awkward. A missing mother is awkward, no matter what form that missing takes. And no one likes awkward. No…

— Ashley Herring Blake

“Let us acknowledge the magnitude of Motherhood, by simply honoring all mothers— past & present.”

— Eleesha

“Mothers were meant to love us unconditionally, to understand our moments of stupidity, to reprimand us for lame excuses while yet acknowledging our point…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

In a country of such great wealth and power, it is heartbreaking that we continue to let down expecting mothers who deserve to feel…

— Andy Kim

The longer one lives in this hard world motherless, the more a mother's loss makes itself felt.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

“Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. A mother, after all, is…

— Meghan O'Rourke

“If a mother is mourning not for what she has lost but for what her dead child has lost, it is a comfort to…

— C.S. Lewis

“I remember thinking that moms were not allowed to be sad, that surely women grew out of sadness by the time they had children.”

— Megan Mayhew Bergman