Quotes tagged ‘Orphans’

“The only thing is The Devil, unfortunately hasn't possessed any of the orphans.”

— Fred Armisen, Ana Fabrega, Julio Torres, Father Francesco, Luis Gnecco, imdb.com

“We're all orphans now.”

— Christopher Keyser, Will LeClair, Jacques Colimon, imdb.com

“Dorcas and Agatha: Are we your daughters, too? Father Blackwood: No, you’re just orphans.”

— Oanh Ly, Salli Richardson Whitfield, Rachel Talalay, Jeff Woolnough, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Lee Toland Krieger, Ross Maxwell, Rob Seidenglanz, Michael Goi, Matthew Barry, Alex Garcia Lopez, Mj Kaufman, Christina Ham, Donna Thorland, Axelle Carolyn, Craig Macneill, Joshua Conkel, Christianne Hedtke, Lindsay Calhoon Bring, Maggie Kiley, Father Blackwood, Richard Coyle, imdb.com

“An orphan lacks a first love. The love for his mama and papa. That’s the source of his awkwardness, his naïveté.”

— Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello, Lenny Belardo, Jude Law, imdb.com

“Many people think the issue is 'bad' orphanages versus 'good' ones. Institutionalisation is ALWAYS harmful to children.”

— J. K. Rowling, twitter.com

“Why can't orphans play baseball? They never know where home is.”

— AbsolXGuardian, reddit.com

“All those people have families, you can tell by their faces, they have families that depend on them and that they depend on, and for some of them this is good, and for some of them this is bad. But it all amounts to the same shit because there isn’t one of them who is free. They can’t do what they w…”

— Junot Dìaz, amazon.com

“Children are so lovely when they are three years of age. How can anyone abandon a three year old? Where do you find the nerve?”

— Paolo Sorrentino, Sister Mary, Diane Keaton, imdb.com

“The greatest blessing a society can confer on its young is to turn them into the heirs, rather than the orphans, of history. It is also the greatest blessing a society can confer on itself, for heirs rejuvenate the heritage by creatively renewing its legacies. Orphans, by contrast, relate to the pas…”

— Robert Pogue Harrison, amazon.com