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Orphan Train

Book by Christina Baker Kline · 9 quotes · Life, Assumptions, Claddagh

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“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.”

Life Wrong Right

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“So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason — to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?" Molly asks when Vivian reads some of these stories aloud. "It certainly helps," Vivian says.”

Human Nature Meaning

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“I get the sense that my abandonment, and the circumstances that brought me to them, matter little to them, compared to the need I might fill in their lives. - (Niamh/Dorothy)”

Compassion Kindness Helping Others Service Purpose Of Life

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“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.”

Life Surprise Disappointment Assumptions

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

Love Heart Friendship Loyalty Claddagh

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“...that the quickest relief will come in forgetting.”

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“I'll play your fucking game. But I don't have to play by your rules.”

Life Independence

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“The things that matter stay with you, seep into your skin”

Things That Matter Things That Matter In Life Important Things In Life What Matters Most

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“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”

Unhappy Marriage

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