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The loss of my father was the most traumatic event in my life - I can't forget the pain. -- Frank Lowy
After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits. -- Catherine Helen Spence
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? -- Maurice Sendak
I began writing 'The Cold Song' in the months following my father's death, when I felt this sense of loss, disappearance, of being right in the middle of life and wondering: 'What now? How to proceed?' -- Linn Ullmann
The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease. -- Monica Potter
As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing her loss was and how keenly it will always be felt, there was, nevertheless, a sense of relief that my father, sisters and I could say a final goodbye after the longest goodbye and relief that my mum had finally been released. -- James Nesbitt
My father died of brain cancer in 1991. I do not know anyone whose life has not been touched by the loss of a loved one to cancer. I wrote my book 'Gracefully Gone' about my father's fight and my struggle growing up with an ill parent. I wrote it to help others know they are not alone in this all-too-often insurmountable war against cancer. -- Alicia Coppola
I had written two or three books before my husband noticed that in every one of them a family member was missing. He suggested that it was because my father's death, when I was five, utterly changed my world. I can only suppose he is right and that this is the reason I am drawn to a narrative where someone's life is changed by loss. -- Jenny Nimmo
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him. -- Gary Oldman
Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony -- Niccolo Machiavelli
A father's death is the most important event, the more heartbreaking and poignant loss in a man's life. -- Sigmund Freud
When a woman miscarries, the experience of the father is often forgotten. But men grieve pregnancy loss too... -- Various
My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come anymore, but I had his support. -- Patti Smith

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