Orphan Quotes

178 quotes by 149 authors

You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later. — Gabrielle Zevin
I am certain that over the course of your own life, you have noticed that people's rooms reflect their personalities. In my room, for instance,… — Daniel Handler
In Ronan's hand, the mask was as thin as a sheet of paper, still warm from Adam's gasped breaths. Orphan Girl buried her face in… — Maggie Stiefvater
I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror and whilst there… — Emma Thompson
Technical perfection is insufficient. It is an orphan without the true soul of the dancer. — Sylvie Guillem
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who… — Philibert Joseph Roux
My maternal granddad, Leonard, was full of amazing stories. He was an orphan, with 11 or 12 brothers and sisters, and he used to tell… — Jamie Cullum
Recent results from astronomers who study the occasional gravitational lensing of unknown worlds by intervening stars suggest that orphan planets could be at least as… — Seth Shostak
The bottom line is that finding orphan planets - small, faint, and located who-knows-where - is not for the faint of heart. The task is… — Seth Shostak
What single organization has done more for the orphan than the Catholic Church? What one, through hospital and asylum, more for the sick and afflicted?… — David Josiah Brewer
A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents. — Raj Kapoor
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. — Galeazzo Ciano
You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even the names, Kal-El and Jor-El, you can… — Jerry Robinson
He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for mercy on the… — Abraham Lincoln
These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the… — Mother Teresa Of Calcutta
You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow, or a widower. If you're a child and you lose… — Alan Ball
I was raised in the valley, there were shadows and death. Got out alive but with scars I can't forget. This kid back in school,… — Lindsey
I don't understand those couples that fight and a minute later change their Facebook status to Single. I fight with my parents but you don't… — Shennon Fabiano
Why do some couples make their status single every time they fight . I don't put orphan when I get into fights with my parents — Unkown
The son of an old man is an orphan, and his wife is a widow. — Ali Bassam

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