#orphan

There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true? ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#boys #children #love #orphans #beauty

Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present. ↗

— John Berger

#critical #cut #cutting #daily #futures

Solidarity was admirable; loyalty was the person standing next to you when the devil came to call. ↗

— Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

#loyalty #sisters-sibling-rivalry #historical-fiction

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#books #i #i write #lot #orphans

Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. ↗

— Galeazzo Ciano

#fathers #hundred #orphan #victory

I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#bosses #did #good #hop #i

It was about how men walk into a forest afraid because they know all the things that can happen. They might wake the noisy birds and cause chaos. But kids come into the trees and see the magic. They climb them and see stars that the men were too afraid to see. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#chaos #college #dylan-thomas #glass-girl #government

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#continuous #crime #even #hell #oppress

But I'm here. I will love him. I will be his mother. ↗

— Kim De Blecourt

#ginger-kolbaba #international-adoption #kim-de-blecourt #orphans #ukraine

I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free. ↗

— Rachel Hunter

#born #free #i #i do #kenya