59 Quotes About Orphan
- Author Joanne Levy
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Does it stop hurting because I have to start forgetting about them?” he asked, his lip quivering. “Because I don’t want to forget them.
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- Author Maria Nhambu
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I was alone. I had no one. No mother, no father, no brothers, no sisters, no grandmas, no grandpas, no uncles, no aunties, no cousins, and no tribe. I’d seen the children at the orphanage laugh or cry when they received news about a family member. I would never receive such news and no family would laugh or cry for me. That day I understood with sharp clarity that I didn’t have a mother who wanted me.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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Do not rob nor ill-treat orphan.
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- Author Alyssa Moon
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She didn't belong here. She didn't belong anywhere.
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- Author Holly Black
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After every battle, he ritually dips his hood into the blood of his enemies. I’ve seen the hood, kept under glass in the armory. The fabric is stiff and stained a brown so deep it’s almost black, except for a few smears of green.Sometimes I go down and stare at it, trying to see my parents in the tide lines of dried blood. I want to feel something, something besides a vague queasiness. I want to feel more, but every time I look at it, I feel less.
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- Author Ivy Oakes
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When the people we love are gone, the memories are all we can hold on to.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Charity begins on the street when you are homeless.
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- Author Kelly Barnhill
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I miss her,' Fyrian sobbed, 'My mother. I miss her so much. This witch should pay for what she's done.'Glerk stood tall as a mountain. He was serene as a bog. He looked at Fyrian with all the love in the world 'No, Fyrian. That answer is too easy, my friend. Look deeper.
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- Author John Irving
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For a terrible time of life a teen-ager deceives himself; he believes he can trick the world. He believes he is invulnerable. An adolescent who is an orphan at this phase is in danger of never growing up.
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