Death Quote by Edna O'Brien

“The church grew very lonely about him, and he began to feel like a child whose mother has forsaken it. Only he knew that…

— George MacDonald

“His mother on the other hand, drawing his head down to her bosom, exclaimed with a sigh, “My poor son.” And she remained silent,…

— Robert Nathan

“that old Mrs. Bishop was lacking in the qualities that make a good mother. And saying it that way makes her sound a good…

— Irene Hunt

“It was Mom whom I could not live without. Fathers, I was convinced, could not replicate the emotional security and nurturing that mothers provided.”

— Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

“I have looked at my father many times and wondered how he could stand knowing he was my mother’s ruin. He was too weak…

— Ayana Mathis

“My mother would have wanted me to say a prayer, crossing myself at its conclusion, and had this been her grave, I would have…

— Barry Eisler

“Once giving way to tears, she wept bitterly for all that she had lost, and all that she must lose so soon. Her mother…

— Willa Cather

“It was easier with Mother--always had been--less complicated, less treacherous. I didn't have to be on my guard so much. I didn't have to…

— Khaled Hosseini And The Mountains Echoed

“I could feel the hard part of Mom very strongly that time. It was like a stone in her that grew bigger every time…

— Kaimana Wolff

“I prayed in silence that perhaps even now, the queen might have a son and might know joy like this, such a strange, unexpected…

— Philippa Gregory

“father without my mother. He needed her—probably more than I did. I was afraid that without her to anchor him to a normal life…

— Kimberly Rae Miller

“My mother had become a obsession for me, a religion, and the very thought of referring to another woman as Mother seems sacrilegious, a…

— Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀