Loss Of A Parent Quotes

1. "Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives."
Author: Adam Hochschild

2. "Being a single parent on a part-time basis is tricky to navigate. That is what a racing widow has to do."
Author: Aly Grady

3. "Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."
Author: Aristotle

4. "And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker; it can make you deeper."
Author: Augusten Burroughs

5. "The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature."
Author: Charles Darwin

6. "If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again."
Author: Chris Evert

7. "A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
Author: Daniel Webster

8. "In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a wound, an unexplainable longing, or a sense of a mission. When any of these happens to us, we are being summoned to make a transition. It will always mean leaving something behind,...The paradox here is that loss is a path to gain."
Author: David Richo

9. "I've inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed."
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri

10. "A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing."
Author: Justin Alcala

11. "I've lost someone, too. And there were no rules for how to deal with the death of someone you loved. You had to accept that the loss would always stay with you, like a reminder note pinned to the inside of your jacket. But there were still opportunities for happiness. Even joy."
Author: Lisa Kleypas

12. "Coming back last time to the house she grew up in, Isabel had been reminded of the darkness that had descended with her brothers' deaths, how loss had leaked all over her mother's life like a stain. As a fourteen-year-old, Isabel had searched the dictionary. She knew that if a wife lost a husband, there was a whole new word to describe who she was: she was now a widow. A husband became a widower. But if a parent loss a child, there was no special label for their grief. They were still just a mother or a father, even if they no longer had a son or daughter. That seemed odd. As to her own status, she wondered whether she was still technically a sister, now that her adored brothers had died."
Author: M.L. Stedman

13. "Charlotte, dressed in a very short-skirted policewoman's outfit, was leading a dancing brigade, jumping around at the front of the room, her long red hair flapping up and down like a matador's cape. She was head girl, and she would shows us how to party if she had to.I wasn't really sure why Charlotte had decided to come to the party as a stripper. I found myself at a loss for words as she complimented us on our costumes."You're a..." I tried to find the right thing to say. "Really...hot cop?""I'm Amy Pond," she said. "From Doctor Who. This is her kissogram outfit."
Author: Maureen Johnson

14. "The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters."
Author: May Sarton

15. "What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?' she asked. 'To believe that your children will be just like you"
Author: Michael Scott

16. "A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. But...there is no word for a parent who loses a child, that's how awful the loss is!"
Author: Neugeboren

17. "I could only nod as emotions rolled in like a destructive storm. This was it. It was over. My incredible time with this beautiful talented man was up. I had to clench my teeth and swallow hard to mask the loss that threatened to overcome my calm exterior. I was holding on for dear life then he said two words with pure tranquility."
Author: Nicole Castro

18. "No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern parent or teacher who tried to force into them a non-comprehending parrot-like apparent competence--a duty and a duty alone--and no hint of magic or beauty of the subject might be allowed to come through."
Author: Roger Penrose

19. "Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent."
Author: Samantha Bond

20. "Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both."
Author: Tryon Edwards

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