“- Matilda: I have the adoption papers.
- Mrs. Wormwood: What? Where did you get those?
- Matilda: From a book in the library. I've had them since I was big enough to xerox.”
Mara Wilson - Matilda
Rhea Perlman - Mrs. Wormwood

“- Annie: Close your eyes. Think about your folks.
- Molly: You're the only one who really has folks. Mine are dead.
- Annie: Think about the folks who want to adopt you, because want a little girl with brown hair and brown eyes.”
Aileen Quinn - Annie
Toni Ann Gisondi - Molly

They said we had to wait five years for a healthy white baby. I said, "healthy white baby? Five years? What else you got?". Said they got two Koreans and a negra born with his heart on the outside. It's a crazy world.
Sam McMurray - Glen

“This orphan stuff is like growing up in a dog pound. Everybody wants puppies.”
Mary-Kate Olsen - Amanda Lemmon

“Adopted children are luckiest because they were chosen.”
Mara Hobel - Christina Crawford (child)