Daniel Keyes Quotes

When my dog Buster died, I couldn't get over it. I was in bits.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die - it's a major offence.

Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off ... Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in the dust.

This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad.

It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it.

You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight.

My grandfather's death was really hard to deal with.

I remember the day my mother died, and it's still hard to talk about it. I just blocked it out.

In December 1988, my mother died of lung cancer. I died too. I couldn't function.

I was terribly wounded by my wife's death.

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wife's best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried.

After my mother's death, I had such difficulty relating to people.

Pearls mean tears.

Do not weep for me.

When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down.

Of course the death of Geoffrey has caused a lot of trauma to me generally.

I think any time we lose people, it's a hard moment.

I know what you go through when you learn someone close to you has died.

I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.

In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.

Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!

My life was very tenuous last year. My daughter's death, in March in 2007, was unexpected. It was a shock. I didn't know if I'd survive it.

I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.