Quote by Shel Silverstein

“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

“Are you sure you weren't adopted?" "Mom would like to think so, but it was a natural birth, so her memory's real clear.”

— Jana Deleon

“I began to read everything I could find on adoption. It amazes me that, prior to starting therapy, I had never done it. I…

— Zara Phillips

“ I was adopted there for I was not put in a family by random I was chosen i was wanted by another then…

— Michael J Barron

“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

“I wasn't crazy after all. I wasn't the only one who experienced fear about loss and guilt towards their adoptive parents. I was relieved…

— Zara Phillips

“Just a child. All this time we've feared you, sought you. And you're nothing more than a human child.”

— Joshua Winning

“Adoption is a beautiful, burdensome blessing.”

— Jody Cantrell Dyer

“Oh no. I don’t do children. They’re small, needy, easily destroyed. Let’s be honest. I’ve come a long way from my family history,”

— Lisa Gardner

“For me, adoption was grief in reverse.”

— Jody Cantrell Dyer

“Yes they are my parents but unlike those who haven't been adopted, I also have another set of parents. I know my adoptive parents…

— Zara Phillips

“My mom always wanted a bunch of kids, but they stopped after me. I never understood why." His voice was wistful. Haven closed the…

— j.m. darhower