Parenting Quote by Libby Schmais

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

— Nathan Leslie

“I’d already been an orphan, a wife, and a mother. Now I was a widow. I was only three months past my sixteenth birthday.…

— Donna Mabry

“It’s a strange thing, becoming an orphan at sixteen. To lose your family long before you’ve had time to create your own to replace…

— Fredrik Backman

“There are lots of different ways grown-ups disappear. It's lonely being the one left behind.”

— Julia Green

“. . . for not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love.”

— Charles Dickens

“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.”

— Ted Cabal

“The truth is you can be orphaned again and again.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

I'm an orphan!" Constance cried gleefully. "I'm an orphan!" ~ The Prisoner's Dilemma

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“You see yourself as if old and wise. I see you really miss your childhood.”

— Toba Beta

“I heard a voice in my head. It said: I would rather be alone than ever be my mother. I will leave before I…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

“Charlotte made a promise to herself then and there: If I ever see someone fall, I'll ask if they're okay. ”

— Erin Entrada Kelly

“Loneliness, the uninvited dilemma. You are born alone and you will die alone.”

— Ingrid Holm-Garibay