Ransom Riggs

It never occurred to me that there were so many wonderful photos that had been orphaned and were out there in the world, waiting to be found. Over time, I found a lot of very strange pictures of kids, and I wanted to know who they were, what their stories were. Since the photos had no context, I decided I needed to make it up.

American Writer

Madonna Ciccone

I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.

American Musician

Ruth Westheimer

I do remember all of the songs of my childhood and they helped us to cope with being orphans. But the memories of my parents in my early childhood and the solid foundations of socialisation and strong values that they gave me never left me for one day.

American Celebrity

Tess Gerritsen

In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later, their foster families are murdered, and these three orphans are once again the only survivors.

American Novelist

Bruce Wilkinson

I went to Africa without the perspective of a balance between teaching people the truth, which has been my calling, and helping people who have physical problems, like AIDS and orphans and hunger.

American Author

Milkha Singh

In my teens, I had no idea about running as a sports event. For me, an orphan, it was not only about learning how to survive the brutal world, but also about carving an identity.

Indian Athlete

Eartha Kitt

I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.

American Actress

James Haven

Now that our mother has died, we're two orphans, Angie and I, so she has a deep understanding of the orphans she adopts.

American Actor

Diego Luna

I was raised an orphan... My mother died when I was 2 years old.

Mexican Actor

Claire Tomalin

Throughout his life, Dickens cared passionately about orphans.

English Author

The word often evokes sadness or sympathy since it means a child has lost their parents.

Emotional weight

Orphans might be cared for by other family members, orphanages, or foster systems.

Not always alone

Orphans are common protagonists in stories, symbolizing resilience and quest for identity.

Cultural representation

Used to express a sense of abandonment or being alone in a wider sense.

Metaphorical use

In literature, 'orphan' can add emotional depth to a scenario or character.

Poetic tone

To 'orphan' shows the action of someone or something becoming an orphan.

Cause and effect

In computing, it means isolated or disconnected from a related system or group.

Technical context

It reflects a lack of support, not just absence of parents.

Wider social use

 people keeping monkeys upset is sadly quite common the only way to get a baby monkey like her is to kill the mother and then keep this little baby orphan in a human environment alejandro morales has dedicated his life to saving animals

Rescuing A Baby Spider...

 Rehabilitating all these orphans is a real challenge. It'll be five years in forest school before Noddy is anywhere near ready to face the world as a wild orangutan. It had been a good first day, but Noddy looked exhausted.

Noddy's First Day at...

 learn rehabilitating all these orphans is a real challenge it'll be five years in forest school before noddy's anywhere near ready to face the world as a wild orangutan it had been a good first day but noddy looked

Incredible Orangutan...

 It was the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life. But again, I didn't know it was going to be a long goodbye. I have not seen my mom or my sister since then. Suddenly, I became an orphan and homeless.

The family I lost in...

 now these are all orphan baby elephants their mothers have all died they've either been killed or died of natural causes so they've some of them had the most appalling start in life but they're safe here

Feeding Baby Orphaned...

 At special forest schools, they recover from emotional trauma and continue to develop essential life skills. Against all odds, these orphans demonstrate incredible resilience and readiness to learn.

How smart are...

 we have a total at the moment of eight or a maternal age vulnerable orphan has gone through the trauma of losing his or her mother the long-term goal is to release them into protected forests and

CUTE Orphan Orangutans...

 we've come to the uk wild otter trust based in devon to find out more about these mysterious mammals the trust rescues and rehabilitates orphaned otter cubs caring for them and continuing their

Reintroducing The...

 years in an orphans home my mother couldn't handle it anymore five kids left alone and my father going like separation in my early life made it more important to

Watch This Veteran Fly...

 hospitals in mountains and caves he was a father of twenty thousands orphans a supporter of ten thousand widowers and a financial leader of sixty million