Orphan Quotes

178 quotes by 149 authors

Among adults â€“ and among orphans â€“ Wilbur Larch noted that delirious happiness was rare. — John Irving
And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he… — Charles Dickens
You know, there's a big world out there filled with desperate orphans who would gladly swim across an ocean of thumbtacks just to be eclipsed… — Daniel Handler
The Duke of Dunstable had one-way pockets. He would walk ten miles in the snow to chisel an orphan out of tuppence. — P.G. Wodehouse
Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast… — Anne Lamott
Get out of my way, you cakesniffers!â€ said a rude, violent, and filthy little girl, shoving the Baudelaire orphans aside as she dashed by. — Daniel Handler
and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son… — Khaled Hosseini
In times of war, you often hear leadersâ€”Christian, Jewish, and Muslimâ€”saying, â€˜God is on our side.â€™ But that isnâ€™t true. In war, God is on… — Greg Mortenson
Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more? In what rapt ether sails the world, of which the weariest will never weary? Where… — Herman Melville
Iâ€™m seventeen years old, my name is Juan GarcÃa Madero, and Iâ€™m in my first semester of law school. I wanted to study literature, not… — Roberto Bolano
Lots of kids in books are only-child orphans, but I think itâ€™s fun to have family as part of the adventure, to have familial love… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Life isn't fair," he said, in his undisguised voice, and for once the Baudelaire orphans agreed with every word the man said. — Daniel Handler
In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child. — Jodi Picoult
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister,… — Charles Dickens
Poetry is an orphan of silence. — Charles Simic
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 yourself in a… — Jerry Spinelli
The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome â€” this orphan,… — Victor Hugo
We probably looked like starving orphan children. Hey! We were starving orphan children. — James Patterson
I am a freak in secondhand velour, a leper who uses L'Oreal Anti-sticky Mega Gel. I am rootless, ripped from all foundations, an orphan raising… — Dave Eggers
Wow. What'd he do to deserve that? Rescue orphans from a burning building? If so, you might want to make sure he didn't set the… — Richelle Mead

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