Action Quote by James Keller

“My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the string And…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Then he sent us on our way. After we had walked a few steps, my mother and I looked back and saw that he…

— Yeonmi Park

“His mother’s death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrowful in a way that was no longer possible. Tragedy, he perceived, belonged…

— George Orwell

“The death of a parent, he wrote, 'Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise…

— Joan Didion

“I knelt in front of life, folded my hands and prayed for some more time; there couldn't be any. My heart bled and so…

— Sanhita Baruah

“I dial home. My mother answers. “Hey, Ma,” I say, “Can I talk to Poppa?” She gasps, And then I remember that my father…

— Sherman Alexie

“Once my father told me: When a Jew prays, he is asking God a question that has no end. Darkness fell. Rain fell. I…

— Nicole Krauss

“Tonight his father had caught up, carrying all the horrors of hell with him. His mother could no longer protect him—hide him—and now his…

— Amanda M. Lyons

Wiped the cold dew-drops from his cheek And sought the mourner's side again. "Once more, dear lady, I must speak: Your last remaining son…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“I tried to go to sleep with my headphones still on, but then after a while my mom and dad came in, and my…

— John Green

“Longstreet took a deep breath. In the winter the fever had come to Richmond. In a week they were dead. All within a week,…

— Michael Shaara

“I want to write a book called, “Son, I’m dying,” where I visualize the day my estranged dad calls me out of the blue…

— Jarod Kintz