Adoption is grief in reverse.

The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.

— Benjamin Graham

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.

— James Haven

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

— Nicole Kidman

I have a lot of respect for my birth mother I know she must have had a lot of love for me to want…

— Faith Hill

Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different…

— Scott Simon

“Some adventures should never be repeated.”

— Mike L. Hopper

Some women just skip having babies or adopt because they don't want to get fat or they haven't put in the time to find…

— Jaime Pressly

“I love Russia because Russia gave me you.”

— John M. Simmons

I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was…

— Joan Didion

“Yes, I see why we endured infertility and a lengthy adoption process now, but I don’t know all the reasons for all the struggles…

— Ashley Wells

As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but…

— Catherine Helen Spence

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

— John Stuart Mill

With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an…

— Madonna Ciccone

“The Friends Thou Hast And Their Adoption Tried Grapple Them To Thy Soul With Hooks Of Steel”

— William Shakespeare