Died Quote by Doris Lessing

“And they all died happily ever after. A very happy ending," the littlest one said.”

— Ali Smith

The middle years - the eighteen-seventies, 'eighties, 'nineties - were a time of moral bankruptcy when men stole millions by a stroke of the…

— Frank Yerby

I think people are always looking for gurus. It's the easiest thing in the world to become a guru. It's quite terrifying. I once…

— Doris Lessing

I woke up one morning, and I couldn't move my arm. It was the oddest thing, the paralysis. I called up a friend and…

— Doris Lessing

Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. Love as powerful as your mother's for…

— J. K. Rowling

When my mother died of cancer in 2014, my father was quick to reinvent himself. Within a year, he moved to Thailand, became obsessed…

— Michelle Zauner

“Liberated in Germany by the Americans, seven-year-old Valya Brekeleva and her family of slave labourers went home to Novgorod as non-persons. “Most of the…

— Max Hastings

After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and…

— Conrad Veidt

“My name is Mila, and this is my journey. There are so many places where I could begin the story. I could start in…

— Tess Gerritsen

“Nine months ago, my mother died. This was the saddest, most painful time of my life, but somehow unexpected laughter managed to eke its…

— Meredith Spidel

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

— Koichi Tanaka

Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That's the kind of thing that turns my heart…

— Amy Hempel