Alive Quote by Samuel Beckett

Yes, my mother's death is a terrible sorrow to me. I feel - do you know what I mean - the silence of it…

— Katherine Mansfield

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

— Tony Parsons

We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing.…

— Ben Okri

I know what it's like to see one's mother go through the agony of death and be unable to help; there is no consolation.…

— Albert Einstein

my mother always found me out. Always. She's been dead for thirty-five years, but I have this feeling that even now she's watching.

— Natalie Babbitt

I used to think the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality.

— Nikki Sixx

When Mother died I was both freed and abandoned, as are we all at this profound juncture in our lives.

— Rita Mae Brown

For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the…

— Walker Percy

The truth is, I need to experience my mother's presence in the world around me and not just in my head.

— Meghan O'Rourke

But when my mother died, I found that I did not believe that she was gone.

— Meghan O'Rourke

I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I…

— Osamu Dazai

Our mothers who have gone are buried in our bodies. It can be said that we were born with dead mothers in our body.

— Kim Hyesoon