Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is very seldom that any one is in prison for an ordinary crime unless early in life he entered a path… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I’ve discovered a new affliction; it’s called Orphan Black Eyes. When people ask me what I’m working on and I tell them… — Michelle Forbes Copy Share Image
“And after that until the end, there was no relief from being a girl with chores that she wasn’t being paid for,… — Ru Freeman Copy Share Image
Then she added in a sort of childish delight: 'We'll be poor, won't we? Like people in books. And I'll be an… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
What single organization has done more for the orphan than the Catholic Church? What one, through hospital and asylum, more for the… — David Josiah Brewer Copy Share Image
“What I wouldn't give to have known my father with my mother in love-together, you know, just the two of them, in… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
For me, in general, it's always about the material. Obviously, it's about the material and hoping that someone wants to hire me… — Jennifer Morrison Copy Share Image
The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than… — Daniel Berrigan Copy Share Image
And while we stand with conviction and courage, we must live with compassion. Amid a world with massive social needs around us,… — David Platt Copy Share Image
If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would… — Steven Curtis Chapman Copy Share Image
I’m seventeen years old, my name is Juan García Madero, and I’m in my first semester of law school. I wanted to… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
“I really want to believe that when our Quiet Waters kids wake up in the middle of the night, scared, they’ll remember… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for… — William Blum Copy Share Image
My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
The internet does not adhere to the inherent, necessary asymmetry of high-versus-low-art categorizations that we use in the cultural sector: in a… — Charlotte Cotton Copy Share Image
I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans. I do not know my… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“Okay… This looks bad. You cowboy around with the Avengers some. Guys got, what, armor. Magic. Super-powers. Super-strength. Shrink-dust. Grow-rays. Magic. Healing… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
A man should not go where he cannot carry his whole sphere or society with him,Mnot bodily, the whole circle of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
