12+ Losing A Parent Quotes Goodreads. "to lose one parent, mr. 'but in all of the sadness, when you're feeling that your heart is empty, and lacking, y. And when somebody's parents die, they call them an orphan. But there is no name for a parent, a grieving mother, or a devastated father who have lost their . "in the english language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.". "it's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." · charles bukowski. For not all tears are an evil.". If you don't like your dad, it's tough when he dies. 'no one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.' "grief does not change you, hazel.