Leaving Quote by Jimmy O. Yang

My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. My father lost his mother when he…

— Marco Rubio

When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree…

— Andie MacDowell

My father longed for a better life for us, and when I was nine he got a job as a heart surgeon in Belfast.…

— Katie Melua

The first 13 years of my life, I lived in China. My parents were missionaries there, and I was an only child. Often I…

— Jean Fritz

My family moved to the Philippines when I was 14. While living there, I learned that my mom grew up very poor. Seeing that…

— Manny Pacquiao

When my mother died, I fell apart. My father wanted to control me. As a consequence, I ran away to America.

— Louise Bourgeois

The unhappiest memories are of losing my mother when I was 14. Alter six months, my father remarried. The thought that somebody was taking…

— Sushma Swaraj

My mum died of leukemia when I was in high school - she lost her life at 40. It was very hard, and I…

— Cory Hardrict

My mother died when I was five, and all I did was sit and cry. I cried and cried and cried all day, until…

— Madonna Ciccone

My parents, in their 40s, moved to a different country, started a business, bought a house, didn't speak the language, raised two kids -…

— Jamie Chung

My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know…

— Andrew Hudgins

It was tragic every single time my mom told me we were moving. I would always envy my friends who had grown up in…

— Camila Mendes