Adopted Quote by Erich von Stroheim

I'm not adopted. But that longing and that sense of absence ... are perhaps other ways of expressing the actualities of my family. Different…

— Andrea Barrett

I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my parents say, 'We have adopted…

— Marcus Samuelsson

I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little…

— Jillian Michaels

I was never obsessed with being adopted. I was simply curious about my biological parents.

— Lisa Lutz

Adoption is wonderful and beautiful and the greatest blessing I have ever experienced. Adoption is also difficult and painful. Adoption is a beautiful picture…

— Anonymous

With adoption, there is a whole range of experiences, and a lot of it goes under the radar. There is too much icky stuff…

— Lesley Sharp

Some of our kids are adopted and some kids are natural-born - I forget which ones are which. Family's just amazing. We think that…

— Kirk Cameron

I was adopted, and so was my mom. And so I just was in tune with how life can be intentional. I feel like…

— Lucy Dacus

“Adoption is a lifelong journey. It means different things to me at different times. Sometimes it is just a part of who I am.…

— Kelly DiBenedetto

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive…

— Michael Gove

“Adoptive parents often say about adoption day: "It was the happiest day of our lives!" While most of us are happy to be adopted,…

— Sherrie Eldridge

“I journeyed alone for almost ten years before I found home. Adoptions are like very delicate gardening with transplants and grafts. Mine took hold,…

— Ashley Rhodes-Courter