Loss Of A Parent Quotes

“I reached out to put a hand on her arm, to offer her some comfort. I knew there was nothing to say. Words weren't made to fit these holes. But I knew what it was like to lose a parent. And after yesterday, to feel that cold.

[Ann Stilwell]”
― Katy Hays, The Cloisters

“Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t.”
― Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

“I'll never have one special place at the table. I'll sit in a different place every day. Then if I go away, no one will miss me just by looking at an empty chair.”
― Kimberly Willis Holt, Keeper of the Night

“I miss Mom too, but I miss her like you miss a distant, beautiful place you've heard about but never actually visited. Her face is blurry, her smile a blank. I can't even remember what she sounded like.”
― Ashley Poston, Geekerella

“Anders knew he would soon lose his father, and that impending loss seemed more concrete now, more real, not like air but like a door or a wall, something you could bang against, bang into, and of course children know they will lose their parents, they know it from early on, but most are able to believe that that particular present will not come, that it is years away....”
― Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man

“And if I give in? Will you throw me away like every other woman?”
― Morgan Bridges, Once You're Mine

“I told them how I missed her the most on rainy days, and during winters. I told them that the sky hadn’t been as blue since she passed, but as of late, with every mile I traveled and every challenge I overcame, I was getting closer to her, or solidifying her presence within me, and I was beginning to notice the indelible hue again.”
― Manon Rinsma, A Far Cry from Yesterday: Finding Tomorrow in Distant Lands

“There is no angle of normality which grief can't make into an object of sorrow.”
― Jess Mills, We Are Each Other: 'Evocative, tender, exquisite' - Jessie Ware