Children Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Your children live or die without you. No matter what we do, no matter how we agonize or obsess, we cannot choose for our…

— David Sheff

We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't,…

— Paulo Coelho

“As a parent, my fear is that when we die, we'll have to watch all those moments in our lives when we were short…

— Will Ferguson

“As a parent? My fear is that when we die, we'll have to watch all those moments in our lives when we were short-tempered…

— Will Ferguson

See, the curse of children! In life they keep us frequently in tears, And in the cold grave leave us in pale fears.

— John Webster

Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and…

— Joan Didion

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend…

— Sharon Kay Penman

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

— Ann Radcliffe

“All children, as long as they still live in the mystery, are continuously occupied in their souls with the only thing that is important,…

— Hermann Hesse

as they die, the ones we love, we lose our witnesses, our watchers, those who know and understand the tiny little meaningless patterns, those…

— Anne Rice