"Orphan Train" Quotes
A young Irish immigrant and a troubled foster teen form an unlikely bond as they navigate the challenges of the orphan train in the 1920s.
historical fiction | 278 pages | Published in 2013
Quotes
You can't find peace until you find all the pieces.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
You have to take people one at a time. Be kind to everyone, even if you don’t like them. You don’t have to like everyone, but you have to be polite.
But that’s the way memory works—a word triggers a gesture, a smell begets a feeling. You can feel the past and remember the present.
Sometimes all a person needs is to be treated like a human being.
The key to understanding any people is to take a close look at how they treat their children.
Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.
The pain of what’s happened can be the fuel that drives you to change.
The measure of a man is not in the mistakes he makes but in how he responds to them.
Life is full of opportunities to make choices that will either move us forward or hold us back.
