Family Quote by John Carter Cash

My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a very young…

— Sam Shepard

My mother loved my father. From my view, she let him get away with too much. It broke my heart to see him in…

— John Edgar Wideman

One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a…

— Victor Borge

My mom died when I was 22. My stepfather, who I loved like a father, pretty quickly got involved with another woman. Suddenly there…

— Cheryl Strayed

My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately after that, I had a horrible…

— Dane Cook

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting…

— Marc Forster

I was 9 years old when my father - a strong, vibrant man in his early 40s - died of a heart attack. He…

— Marillyn Hewson

My father died when I was 10; my sister got polio a couple of years later and was paralyzed. So there I was -…

— Helen Gurley Brown

My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.

— Brad Paisley

My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was…

— Walter Mosley

My father died and left me, my poor mother done the best that she could.

— Robert Johnson

My uncle's house burned down when I was 6 years old. We got out safely. But ever since, I've had a nightmare of dying…

— David Copperfield