LaChanze Quotes

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

When a parent loses a child, there is no greater pain.

I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

They say geniuses mostly have great mothers. They mostly have sad fates.

I end up doing selfies 'cause I am so sad.

To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.

I always miss my mom. Mother's Day would be just one more day I'd feel her absence but for the relentless commercialization. Thanks to that, this day is even harder to deal with.

I was raised in an atmosphere of 'everything's fine.' But as I got older, I was like, 'Well no, everything's not fine. There is stuff that's sad.' I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.

My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know she existed until I was 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was growing up in a house where people were angry and sad.

The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability.

Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.

I know a lot of people who've lost their siblings and blame themselves.

Reading the script, I started feeling very deeply bad for Freddie. Between his friends, his partners, and his woman, he was catching a hard time. 'Freddie's Dead' came to me immediately.

It's not natural to outlive your child. This has always been my greatest fear.

To lose a child is - I can't imagine anything worse than that.

The loss of my father left a great emptiness in my heart.

The loss of my father marked my life. I'm 88 years old and I'm still mourning him because it's such a drama for me. It was just after my bar mitzvah and it was so tragic. The effect on me, I carry it all my life.

We've all sort of been there: It's coming on Christmas, all that preparation is going on, and you just want to escape. You don't want to buy into it. It's a time of year that brings up a lot of memories for people, and if you're missing somebody, it's hardest at this time of year.

I bottled up all my emotions and forced myself to grow up faster than I needed to.

You're never prepared to lose anybody in your family.

Getting help for my issues was one of the hardest things I've ever done, because when I get dangerously sad or manic, those feelings seek to perpetuate themselves.

We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.

I lost my mom when I was young.