“In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
(Sebastian) "See, there you go. You're always looking at me like that." "Like what?" "Like I burn down animal shelters for fun… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their… — David Platt Copy Share Image
In the United States, if one family out of every four churches adopted a child, there would be no orphans in the… — Kay Warren Copy Share Image
What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas. — Alan Rickman 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
When I went to Afghanistan in 2003, I walked into a war zone. Entire neighborhoods had been demolished. There were an overwhelming… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
My passion is kids, more than just kids is underprivileged kids and orphans. — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
Adolescents are attracted to tragic heroes. That's why rock stars dress like homeless people. Adolescence is a fall. It's when every child… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child… — Jay Neugeboren Copy Share Image
People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don't believe that old people can feel that they are… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
There are orphans that can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake, for it brings them work more… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
There is a kind of virtue that lies not in extraordinary actions, not in saving poor orphans from burning buildings, but in… — Randy Cohen Copy Share Image
Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revellers, and shades of night, You orphan heirs of fixed destiny, Attend your office… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much. — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
Sir, usually I do preach for souls, but my orphans cannot eat souls. And if they could, it would take four souls… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because now people know about Malawi [due to the child adoption]. And now… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about the plight of children. But I'm not on a mission to get all the available orphans in the world… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
“For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “I dinna want… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The sign says that the Scald Mt. Rod & Gun Club has adopted the highway, but the Minotaur knows an orphan when… — Steven Sherrill Copy Share Image
It was the day of the worms. That first almost-warm, after-the-rainy-night day in April, when you bolt from your house to find… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
