Child Quote by Joe R. Lansdale

“I'm still upset with my mother, though. And scared. If you lose me, I remember her saying when I was little and we'd go…

— David Levithan

“It took me a while after I lost my parents to realize it’s not something you ever ‘get over.’ You learn to live with…

— Marie Force

“You know, one of the tiny little perks that comes from having no parents is that you never have to worry about walking in…

— SLJ Shortt

“Your parents are never gone from you. You'll see that someday, hopefully a very long time from now.”

— John Searles

“They say you don’t grow up until you lose your parents. Frankly, I’d prefer to be immature.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“How we ever came from the same parents is a wonder. Nothing suits you more than a crowd, and nothing suits me less.”

— Nora Roberts

“Losing a parent, I guess it makes you realize none of us is gonna be immortal.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

“That boy made me realize, for a while at least, that my parents were wrong, and I didn't have to be like them.”

— J.X. Burros

“The thing about not having parents is you don’t have anyone to tell you you’re heading down a path paved with grossly inaccurate expectations…

— David Wong

“That's the thing about parents. They ask what you think, but they don't really care, or at least they don't care enough to let…

— Peter Monn

“Like I said - I wasn't stupid. Rough around the edges maybe, definitely a little perverted at times, but never stupid. I was a…

— Elle Jasper

“My parents were at a total loss. I was going nowhere and I was irritable and hostile.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous