The Scavenger's Daughters Quotes

“Kindness in giving creates love.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“the little fellow makes me want to get up in the morning. I need that responsibility for another life to keep me going, you know. It”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole lives would change.”
― Bratt, Kay, The Scavenger's Daughters

“impression in the muck. He also knew from experience where the”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“People needed to keep sight of their history to see how they were growing!”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“Dedicated to the many compassionate people in China who have opened their homes and their hearts to homeless children. Your efforts and kindness are an inspiration to the world.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“I was inspired to write The Scavenger’s Daughters after reading online articles about scavengers in China who have opened their modest homes to children from the street, raising them as their own. Lou Xiaoying, an amazing woman who has raised over thirty children she has found on the street, had this to say in the July 31, 2012, edition of What’s on Shenzhen magazine: “I realized if we had strength enough to collect garbage, how could we not recycle something as important as human lives?” This”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“of papers in her hand.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“ni hao ma?”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“he sighed and looked over his shoulder again at the box his newest treasure was nested in. He ignored the nervous fluttering in his stomach that reminded him how hard it would be to feed one more hungry mouth, and instead gave thanks to the gods that he had found the baby girl before it was too late.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“Pei nodded. “I tried, but it wasn’t what I thought it would be.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“Life was hard but deception and lies would only make it harder.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“Jasmine didn’t hear them; she was in her own little world. All around her the colorful fish swam, oblivious to the child who proved no threat to them. Linnea shook her head—in the fading light of the day and the silence of the scene, it looked almost dreamlike and she could imagine it was exactly the same as Ye Ye had described it when he first found the small girl.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“back at him. As usual for this time”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“She was easily placated with only her imagination and the warmth of the sunshine on her face.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“Kindness in giving creates love.”
― Bratt, Kay, The Scavenger's Daughters