Alive Quote by Oksana Masters

My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.

— Vidal Sassoon

I have always said that I cannot allow the child within me to die. It's kept me alive.

— Jerry Lewis

“It was frustratingly common that children were no sooner gone from the nest and established in their own homes ... than they began to…

— Helen Simonson

I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a…

— Rodney Atkins

Mum and Dad had waited 16 years for adoption laws to change in their home state, Tasmania, so that they could apply to the…

— Saroo Brierley

“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

I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode.

— Michael Nyqvist

“kept in the laboratory for varying periods before being implanted in the women’s wombs.” Why did this happen to me? Why couldn’t I be…

— Ken Follett

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive.

— Dom DeLuise

My mother had lots and lots of children who didnt survive.

— Dom DeLuise

I've never had much sympathy for orphans, I mean, when I was their age I would have killed to have no parents to make…

— Zach Braff

“If she had not adopted me, then I would've died.”

— Youko Nogiri