“When my father died, my mother was still alive. And I think when your ...” — Roz Chast Quote

“When my father died, my mother was still alive. And I think when your second parent dies, there is that shock: 'Oh man, I'm an orphan.' There's also this relief: It's done; it's finished; it's over.”

“I think I have a habit of, in my head, taking notes on whatever, you know, whether they're verbal or pictorial or just making a note of things as they're happening.”

“It was deeply interesting to observe my mother closely and to draw her. During those last months, she wasn't speaking much, if at all, and it was a way for me to be with her. It felt very natural.”

“The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living.”

“In music, trends are always rising and fading in popularity, but nostalgia never dies.”

“When the baby dies, On every side Rose stranger's voices, hard and harsh and loud. The baby was not wrapped in any shroud. The mother made no sound. Her head was bowed That men's eyes might not see Her misery.”