Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much. — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“…there is no other logical explanation for how things ultimately worked out except by God’s hand.” — Kim De Blecourt Copy Share Image
“Never get out of bed, never go to the window, and never look behind the curtain.” — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“Spend less time on social media and more time reading and writing.” — James Gary Vineyard Copy Share Image
“We, who have so much, need to reach out to the orphans of this world and show them the care, hope, and… — Kim De Blecourt Copy Share Image
“Tell me, Theodore, were you playing against orphans, by any chance?” — Sheri Cobb South Copy Share Image
“Just knowing that they could read made the Baudelaire orphans feel as if their wretched lives could be a little brighter.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Correct me if I'm wrong," said the bat, "but would the main ingredient of water soup be water?” — Vivian French Copy Share Image
Emotional damage is never easy to measure, but mothers who are alive but psychically absent impose filial burdens which knot their children's… — Eileen Simpson Copy Share Image
'Orphans' reflects unconscious elements in myself that were, at the time, indigestible and butting up against each other in my psyche; issues… — Lyle Kessler Copy Share Image
“The peculiarity for which they’d been hunted was simply their Jewishness. They were orphans of war, washed up on that little island… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
I've never had much sympathy for orphans, I mean, when I was their age I would have killed to have no parents… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“And now the fight continues for all orphans and children who need families who will love and care for them—until they too… — Kim De Blecourt Copy Share Image
I went to Africa without the perspective of a balance between teaching people the truth, which has been my calling, and helping… — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“People will rather pass by the weak, the lame, the beggars, the orphans, the tormented, the widows and take their large offerings… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
When you're in your twenties in a new city where no one's from here, we're all sort of orphans. The only people… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“Jerusha leaned forward watching with curiosity - and a touch of wistfulness - the stream of carriages and automobiles that rolled out… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“It was only a couple of chickens. Real chickens. The kind that walk around clucking and pecking. Which is what they were… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“We have nothing left. Orphans. Castaways." She turns to me. "Childless. That is what we are. The unwanted or the un-killed. We… — Bill Blais Copy Share Image
“Do you think that horrible servant girl will get my body pregnant?' she asked as we trotted down the steps. 'I've heard… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are:… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“He wanted a home. He wanted a family. He wanted to have friends. But none of those things were realistic. At least… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
“We both look mournfully in the window as we pass, though I'd sworn to myself that I wouldn't. Nothing says orphans like… — Maggie Stiefvater 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
If you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be left alone — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
My passion is kids, more than just kids is underprivileged kids and orphans. — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
“They spent the rest of the afternoon trudging back up the hill carrying their groceries, but the heaviness of cucumbers and limes… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“And in the moments of rest, when we orphans faced each other, mud-cheeked, leaning on our forks, there's a camaraderie that builds… — Mark Lawrence 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
“A brick is a biographical film in which a young orphan brick from the wrong side of the track grows up to… — Nicole McKay Copy Share Image
“They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“… and the Baudelaire orphans climbed aboard, turning the tables of their lives and breaking their unfortunate cycle for the very first time.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“I'd never opened up the gas station if it had been someone else, but I know Tucker's fond of you. It's a… — Dianne Harman Cornered Coyote Copy Share Image
“The Baudelaire orphans looked worriedly out the window. They weren't very happy about just being dropped off in a strange place, as… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“I have never left you. And I never told you you couldn't go outside. Take your children and go outside and play… — Kim de Blecourt Copy Share Image
“Some of the common occurrences of injustice are the presence of poverty, starvation, gender inequality, neglected widows and orphans and the injustice… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
There are orphans who can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake; for it brings them more work… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“To our God, taking care of orphans isn’t just a “great idea.” It’s critical. Why? Because every man, woman, boy, and girl—including… — Johnny Carr Copy Share Image
