The Orphan Collector Quotes

“Just do the next thing.” Whether it was getting dressed in the morning or doing chores and homework, the best way to move through a complicated situation was to decide what needed to be done next and just do it.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“I didn’t leave. Ye should know I’d never desert you like that. I was taken.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“I knew you were having more than one when you said the kicking felt like the baby was wearing hobnailed boots,” she said proudly.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“taking”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“her refusal to help look for the twins, her anger, her accusations, her questions. She knew who Pia was because she used to live in the same neighborhood. She knew she was German because she had argued with Mutti. And she knew Ollie and Max. Pia started shaking, her teacup rattling against the saucer. She put the cup down and slumped back in the chair, dizziness sweeping over her. Finn got up and knelt beside her. “What’s wrong?” he said. “Are ye feeling ill?” Pia shook her head, her eyes filling. “Bernice was the one who took Ollie and Max.” CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX PIA The day after Pia learned Nurse Wallis was really Bernice Groves, she sat next to Finn on the other side of Mother Joe’s desk in the office at St.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“longer, to give him what small measure of comfort she could provide, but the others needed to be looked after too. She handed him to Sister Agnes. “There’s”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“When obliged to cough or sneeze, always place a handkerchief, paper napkin, or fabric of some kind before the face,” or “Cover your mouth! Influenza Is Spread by Droplets Sprayed from Nose and Mouth!”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“May God forgive you for what you’ve done.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“And she’s got a face like a blind cobbler’s thumb.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

“Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector