Age Quote by Sam Shepard

My father was a wildfire. Really. Nobody could save him from anything. His family turned away from him, and he broke up with his…

— John Carter Cash

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 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 when I was 9 years old. The miserable condition of my family at that time is beyond description. My family, solitary…

— Chiang Kai-shek

My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was…

— Brooke Shields

When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl…

— Rachel Vincent

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

I had a very difficult father. I lived in a war zone. My parents were very unhappy, and I lived through my mother's pain.…

— Penny Junor

After my father died, we began to live. He was psychotic. He really was terrifying.

— Terence Davies

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 passed away after three years of debilitating disease, which transformed a very strong and bright man into a real wreck. And that…

— Christine Lagarde

I had a very rocky, difficult, emotional childhood with my parents.

— Ryan Murphy