Adoption Quote by Michael J Barron

“What I wasn't prepared for was the realization that an adopted person is always an adopted person and that there will always be passages…

— Zara Phillips

“Yes, I'm adopted. My folks were not blessed With me in the usual way. But they picked me, They chose me From all the…

— Shel Silverstein

“We are in the habit of saying that it was not in our power to choose the parents who were allotted to us, that…

— Seneca

“If there was a family in the world to which I did not belong, it was my own.”

— Megan Chance

“Adoption. A realized fantasy of your parents not really being your parents. Your genes could thrust one arm in the air and pump up…

— Lorrie Moore

“None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.”

— Meg X

“I am who I am firstly because of genetics, and, running a very close second, because of choices: ones my parents made, such as…

— John Barrowman

'I am not adopted; I have mysterious origins.' I have said that sentence many times in the course of my life as an adopted…

— Ellen Ullman

“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

“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

“I strongly believe that to heal from the adoption wound we all have to grieve our losses individually and then together. I don't regret…

— Zara Phillips

“..you may not be able to choose your family or origin but you can choose your family of creation.”

— Rachel Lloyd