Cynical Quote by Eloisa James

“She'd wanted to run an inn. To welcome people, to mother them. They had no children of their own, and she had a powerful…

— Louise Penny

“Orphans have many parents.”

— Adriana Trigiani

“I saw directly that they had taken me in for the sake of the dead woman, whoever she was, and to have that boast…

— Charles Dickens

“The real orphans are words, always stumbling about to capture what must be said. And here they go again.”

— Nathan Leslie

“The children were not begging. Rather they were imploring us to pick them up.”

— Anthony Cleary

“By adopting, I was not a full-fledged mother in their eyes. I hadn't paid the price of pregnancy, hadn't earned the badge of labor…

— Jana Wolff

“I personally guarantee you that you will carry all of the children that I can possibly give you. You were born to be a…

— Andrea Smith

“I used to wonder why... Mum kept having babies... that was the only pleasure poor people could afford . It cost nothing--at least at…

— Margaret Powell

“For their was no finer family than the one you had chosen yourself.”

— M.A. Kuzniar

“There is not a lot you can do with a damaged child, you raise them as best you can.”

— Steven Magee

“There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, why, why, are there no harbours of refuge for…

— Samuel Butler

“We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.”

— Bill Maher