Children Quote by Nicole Williams

“In all of us, there is a child that exists while we have our parents. With my mother gone, I feel a sadness for…

— J.L. Witterick

“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

“Don’t be so hard on yourself, You’re doing the same thing, trying to reconcile all the moms that Mom ever was - The one…

— Christopher Moore

“It was a terrible thing when death first entered the world, and even now when it's the way of nature, it's terrible beyond words.…

— Dean Koontz

“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 just know that, at that moment, I remember feeling like the world had turned itself inside out. It's the child who's supposed to…

— Jodi Picoult

“Not every daughter mourns the loss of a mother.”

— Rasmenia Massoud

“From then on, I was terrified that I or one of my parents were going to die. My mother worried me the most. She…

— Nicole Krauss

“What was it like when your mother passed away?” I asked Mimi. “I was twenty-eight years old. I had just given birth to John…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“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

“I am twelve, John is nine, and we have not yet learned of death. Pain and horror, however, are kindred. They visit us nightly,…

— Kealan Patrick Burke

“When my late father died — now I'm in mourning for my late mother — that sense of grief and bereavement suddenly taught me…

— Jonathan Sacks