John Grogan Quotes

When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of course it's going to be a big deal.

My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.

I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she died. I was 16.

I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.

I feel like a different person since my mum passed away, like I'm driving a ship with my husband alongside me and we're leading these four children into unknown waters.

You women will live as if father is still alive and in the next room.

Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life.

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

I think moms need to share information on a regular, intimate basis.

Learning of my father's passing at age 55 not only shattered the world, far from home, that had become my reality, but catapulted my childhood and relationship with family - which had felt like another lifetime - into the present.

English Prime Ministers and American Presidents, it’s amazing how many of them have lost a parent in their childhood.

We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.

It's true you never know the full depth of a parent's touch in your life until they're gone. Even if you cared for them in their old age, there's never a way to prepare yourself for the death of a parent.

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

It's not good to lose your dad at any time but at 13 years of age you are just going through puberty and growing up and that was a very crucial time and was a hard time to lose my dad and it had a big effect on me.

My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to.

My father died when I was three years old and my sister was three months.

Any relationship, I'm talking about even with your kids, when you got something they can relate to - both of y'all - it helps.

Losing a parent is always a terrible thing for anybody. It's no more or no less for me.

When you lose a mother or father, it's still the hardest time of your life.

When my dad passed, I felt like I had to grow up very quickly.

My mom died when I was 22. My stepfather, who I loved like a father, pretty quickly got involved with another woman. Suddenly there was another woman sleeping in my mother's bed, and it was very difficult. Their relationship brought up my profound loss, and the truth was that my family would never be the same again.

My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.