Knowing Quote by Meghan O'Rourke

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.

— Lorna Luft

“Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. A mother, after all, is…

— Meghan O'Rourke

Nothing could have prepared me for the realization that I was a mother ... when I knew I was still in a state of…

— Adrienne Rich

Losing my dad prepared me for everything that happens in life, and... life has thrown some really crazy things at me.

— Jordyn Woods

I only survived because of my mother's love and care.

— Bruno Sammartino

My mom literally saved my life. I wasn't supposed to make it out of the orphanage.

— Oksana Masters

Nothing in life prepared me for the way I felt about being a mother. Until then, I sort of felt like a blank sheet…

— Sissy Spacek

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still…

— Billy Graham

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.

— Cheryl Strayed

I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.

— Martha Wainwright

…the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe the most deeply in my safety: nothing bad could happen to me,…

— Cheryl Strayed

I saved your mother's life.

— Jin Kazama