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Orphan Train QUOTES

Orphan Train QUOTES

1 " If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

2 " I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. I know what it means to lose everything, to let go of one life and find another. And now I feel, with a strange, deep certainty, that it must be my lot in life to be taught that lesson over and over again. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

3 " The smallest things get to her. It's as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn't -- which, of course, is pretty often -- she is surprised and affronted. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

4 " Know what a symbol is?...Shit that stands for shit. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

5 " She is so white-hot furious she can barely see. She stokes the fire of her hatred, feeding it tidbits about bigoted Dina and spineless mushmouth Ralph, because she knows that just beyond the rage is a sorrow so enervating it could render her immobile. She needs to keep moving, flickering around the room. She needs o fill her bags and get the hell out of here. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

6 " She has never tried to find out what happened to her family — her mother or her relatives in Ireland. But over and over, Molly begins to understand as she listens to the tapes, Vivian has come back to the idea that the people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. They're with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. They rise up through the pavement; we absorb them through our soles. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

7 " It is marvelous to be young on a big city street. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

8 " Molly learned long ago that a lot of the heartbreak and betrayal that other people fear their entire lives, she has already faced. Father dead. Mother off the deep end. Shuttled around and rejected time and time again. And still she breathes and sleeps and grows taller. She wakes up every morning and puts on clothes. So when she says it's okay, what she means is that she knows she can survive just about anything. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

9 " I have come to think that's where Heaven is, a place in the memories of other where our best selves live "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

10 " Molly is the opposite. So many things have gone wrong for her in her seventeen years that she’s come to expect it. When something does go right, she hardly knows what to think. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

11 " I'll play your fucking game. But I don't have to play by your rules. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

12 " It's as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn't - which, of course, is pretty often - she is surprised and affronted. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

13 " born on Indian Island. And I just want to say that what happened to the Indians is exactly like what happened to the Irish under British rule. It wasn’t a fair fight. Their land was stolen, their religion was forbidden, they were forced to bend to foreign domination. It wasn’t okay for the Irish, and it’s not okay for the Indians.” “Jeez, soapbox much?” Tyler mutters. Megan McDonald, one seat ahead of Molly, raises her hand, and Mr. Reed nods. “She has a point,” she says. “My grandpa’s from Dublin. He’s always talking about what the Brits did.” “Well, my granddad’s parents lost everything in the Great Depression. You don’t see me crying for handouts. Shit happens, excuse my French,” Tyler says. “Tyler’s French aside,” Mr. Reed says, raising his eyebrows at the class as if to say "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

14 " And I know, with the newfuond clarity of being in a relationship myself, that my own parents were never happy together, and probably never would have been, whatever the circumstances "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

15 " The things that matter stay with you, seep into your skin "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

16 " Jack would laugh if he knew, but she's been in he system long enough to understand that it all comes down to documentation. Get your papers in order, with the right signatures and record keeping, and the charges will be dropped, money released, whatever. If you're disorganized, you risk losing everything. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

17 " You must also keep your faith in God to guide you forward if the way is not clear. Whether the journey is long or short, He will help you as long as you place your trust in Him. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

18 " The hands clasped together symbolize friendship. The heart is love. And the crown stands for loyalty "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

19 " I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train

20 " I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other. "

― Christina Baker Kline , Orphan Train