--- title: "19 Orphaned Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Orphaned quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Orphaned sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/chuck-palahniuk-37_truth_the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-a_103570.jpg" --- > [“The truth is you can be orphaned again and again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-and-again/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/chuck-palahniuk-37_truth_the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-a_103570.jpg) > [Defeat creates orphaned thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-blais/defeat-creates-orphaned-thoughts/) [Madeleine Blais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-blais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/madeleine-blais-77581_defeat_defeat-creates-orphaned-thoughts-2795593_2795593.png) > [This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/this-country-was-filled-with-violent-children-orphaned-by-war/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/cormac-mccarthy-181_children_this-country-was-filled-with-violent-chi_522691.jpg) > [Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-flanagan/divorce-in-a-young-adult-novel-means-what-being-orphaned-meant-in-a/) [Caitlin Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/caitlin-flanagan-24287_adults_divorce-in-a-young-adult-novel-means-wha_1108585.jpg) > [As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-scott-thomas/as-an-adult-it-s-a-huge-shock-to-be-orphaned-as-a-child-it-s-just/) [Kristin Scott Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-scott-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/kristin-scott-thomas-6749_adults_as-an-adult-it-s-a-huge-shock-to-be-orph_2473470.jpg) > [“A life was a life. She'd been orphaned at an age to internalize death as poor material for a joke. And likewise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/a-life-was-a-life-she-d-been-orphaned-at-an-age-to-internalize-death/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/barbara-kingsolver-200_death_a-life-was-a-life-she-d-been-orphaned-at_2612159.png) > [“They weren't my family and it wasn't my holiday, but I was orphaned and an atheist and I would take what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/they-weren-t-my-family-and-it-wasn-t-my-holiday-but-i-was-orphaned/) [Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/michael-chabon-627_atheist_they-weren-t-my-family-and-it-wasn-t-my_803390.jpg) > [With spirit we are all children of the cosmos; Without it we are orphaned and adrift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/with-spirit-we-are-all-children-of-the-cosmos-without-it-we-are/) [Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/deepak-chopra-63_adrift_with-spirit-we-are-all-children-of-the-c_330325.jpg) > [The truth is you can be orphaned again and again and again. The truth is, you will be. And the secret is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-and-again-and-again-the-truth/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/chuck-palahniuk-37_feels_the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-a_1829120.jpg) > [It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/it-s-not-so-much-that-i-want-to-direct-but-that-i-have-to-when-i/) [Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/peter-mullan-14139_baby_it-s-not-so-much-that-i-want-to-direct-b_1391391.png) > [A child, when orphaned, can become anything. If I had not joined the Army, who knows, I may have become a dacoit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milkha-singh/a-child-when-orphaned-can-become-anything-if-i-had-not-joined-the/) [Milkha Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milkha-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/milkha-singh-5327_anything_a-child-when-orphaned-can-become-anythin_2398972.jpg) > [“Dead parents are gruesome, yes, but anyone who’s anyone in children’s literature has either been orphaned or abandoned; well-adjusted kids from stable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-messina/dead-parents-are-gruesome-yes-but-anyone-who-s-anyone-in-children-s/) [Lynn messina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-messina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/lynn-messina-64545_adventure_dead-parents-are-gruesome-yes-but-anyone_2646740.jpg) > [...she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-frazier/she-knew-in-her-heart-that-nature-has-a-preference-for-a-particular/) [Charles Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-frazier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/charles-frazier-3165_accord_she-knew-in-her-heart-that-nature-has-a_1164549.jpg) > [Asks an orphaned childhood, I am a sign of someone's sin, or I'm result of mistake of youth their mother's . Whatever.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/asks-an-orphaned-childhood-i-am-a-sign-of-someone-s-sin-or-i-m-result/) [Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/mak-786-30_childhood_asks-an-orphaned-childhood-i-am-a-sign-o_1840158.jpg) > [My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-j-mitchell/my-father-was-the-orphaned-son-of-immigrants-to-the-united-states/) [George J. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-j-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/george-j-mitchell-21313_birth_my-father-was-the-orphaned-son-of-immigr_1516446.png) > [“She was a stray after all. A stray not only in its plantation meaning-orphaned, with no one to look after her-but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/she-was-a-stray-after-all-a-stray-not-only-in-its-plantation-meaning/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/colson-whitehead-1042_aloneness_she-was-a-stray-after-all-a-stray-not-on_2287404.png) > [“ORPHAN TRAIN is a specifically American story of mobility and rootlessness, highlighting a little-known but historically significant moment in our country’s past.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baker-kline/orphan-train-is-a-specifically-american-story-of-mobility-and/) [Christina Baker Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-baker-kline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/christina-baker-kline-1124_orphan_orphan-train-is-a-specifically-american_2355674.jpg) > [Did you know a child is orphaned by AIDS every 15 seconds. Millions of children are going it alone. Missing their childhood.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/did-you-know-a-child-is-orphaned-by-aids-every-15-seconds-millions-of/) [Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/danny-glover-7902_aids_did-you-know-a-child-is-orphaned-by-aids_769617.jpg) > [“It's like being dropped into a black hole. A vacuum of existence. When I turn around, I will be instantly orphaned because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-wunder/it-s-like-being-dropped-into-a-black-hole-a-vacuum-of-existence-when/) [Wendy Wunder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-wunder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/wendy-wunder-9657_black-hole_it-s-like-being-dropped-into-a-black-hol_1835045.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/orphaned/#itemlist", "name": "Orphaned Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The truth is you can be orphaned again and again.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-and-again/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/chuck-palahniuk-37_truth_the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-a_103570.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/chuck-palahniuk-37_truth_the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-a_103570.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/chuck-palahniuk-37_truth_the-truth-is-you-can-be-orphaned-again-a_103570.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The truth is you can be orphaned again and again.” — Chuck Palahniuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Defeat creates orphaned thoughts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeleine Blais" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-blais/defeat-creates-orphaned-thoughts/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/madeleine-blais-77581_defeat_defeat-creates-orphaned-thoughts-2795593_2795593.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/madeleine-blais-77581_defeat_defeat-creates-orphaned-thoughts-2795593_2795593.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/madeleine-blais-77581_defeat_defeat-creates-orphaned-thoughts-2795593_2795593.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Defeat creates orphaned thoughts.” — Madeleine Blais", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cormac McCarthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/this-country-was-filled-with-violent-children-orphaned-by-war/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/cormac-mccarthy-181_children_this-country-was-filled-with-violent-chi_522691.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/cormac-mccarthy-181_children_this-country-was-filled-with-violent-chi_522691.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/cormac-mccarthy-181_children_this-country-was-filled-with-violent-chi_522691.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war.” — Cormac McCarthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Caitlin Flanagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-flanagan/divorce-in-a-young-adult-novel-means-what-being-orphaned-meant-in-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/caitlin-flanagan-24287_adults_divorce-in-a-young-adult-novel-means-wha_1108585.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/caitlin-flanagan-24287_adults_divorce-in-a-young-adult-novel-means-wha_1108585.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/caitlin-flanagan-24287_adults_divorce-in-a-young-adult-novel-means-wha_1108585.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger…” — Caitlin Flanagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; 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