Ability Quote by Polly Toynbee

When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were put in…

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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

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

— Lorna Luft

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her. My whole life sort of ended when my…

— Cheryl Strayed

When I was a child, doctors sent my grandmother home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she already had so…

— Michael Greger

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role,…

— Sarah Polley

My mom just died. We blink and another decade passes. I don't want to reach the end of my life and regret not having…

— Diana Nyad

My mother died in 1997 and I spiralled into this self-destructive vortex of trying to annihilate my consciousness. I was afraid to face the…

— Panos Cosmatos

My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran a shop…

— Brian Cox

My mother got down sick in 53 and she lived with me, an invalid, until she passed away in 1961. And during the time…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

When I was 12, my mother passed away from heart failure, leaving us in grief and in debt from her medical bills.

— Arnel Pineda

My mother gave me the courage to pursue music as a career on her deathbed. She became very ill when I was 21. I…

— Gregory Porter