Adopting Quote by Geraldine Brooks

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.

— Louis Gossett, Jr

My son, who is five, was adopted from Ethiopia. My daughter was adopted from Guatemala. Her parents died of typhoid and malaria. We got…

— Lisa Kristine

So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him…

— George J. Mitchell

It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.

— Marquis de Lafayette

As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one of us…

— Siri Hustvedt

I grew up in a family that had young people adopted from all over the world.

— Ronan Farrow

I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin.…

— Gary Numan

I always wanted to adopt a little girl.

— Mandira Bedi

I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.

— Paul Pierce

I'm the youngest of four boys, and my oldest brother, Todd, was like a father figure to me. We were very close even though…

— Marcus Smart

My brother arrived some months after my father left. Um, and he ah, was thus eight years younger than me and it was um,…

— Thomas Keneally

I have two brothers and a sister. I am the youngest in the family and was a bit of a tom boy.

— Jacqueline Fernandez