“I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.” ThreeBrotherGrewMomDadGrew UpGreenFormerRoughMachoGreen Beret Author:Hilarie Burton
“I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my mother's lover - when he was. I was told he was there as a male babysitter for my brother so that he would learn sports and other manly things.” MenMotherSportsUnderstandingBrotherGrewMomLoversGrew UpMalesMy BrotherManlyUnrealityBabysitter Author:Carly Simon
“When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical.” StillsBrotherGrewGrew UpEightNeighborhood Author:Raekwon
“I grew up with boys of all kinds - I have two brothers, and I was in a bagpipe band for several years.” YearsKindTwoBoysBrotherGrewBandGrew UpAll KindsTwo BrothersBagpipes Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“I grew up in an apartment my whole life. It was just me, my mom, and my brother - she supported us. And we've always liked driving through rich neighborhoods, especially around Christmas. We would always admire the wealth. I always had this strange feeling with it.” WholeFeelingsWealthRichStrangeBrotherGrewMomGrew UpMy MomWhole LifeDrivingAdmireMy BrotherNeighborhoodApartment Author:George Clarke
“I grew up with a lot of brothers and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.” ImportantBrotherGrewGrew UpSisterhood Author:Mickalene Thomas
“I grew up with two sisters, no brothers. There was Ronny who produced "Happy Days" for me and my sister Penny who acts, directs - she does everything. So they were very strong women in my life.” DoeTwoStrongBrotherGrewGrew UpMy SisterVery StrongStrong WomenPenniesHappy DayTwo Sisters Author:Garry Marshall
“I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I have fathers and stepfathers and a lot of brothers and sisters and distant cousins and all that.” ThinkingFeelsCountryReadingFatherLiteratureBrotherGrewGrew UpBrothers And SistersCousinStepfathersChileans Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I grew up in a really musical house where all of my brothers and sisters could sing, but I couldn't sing. Not only could I not sing, I couldn't hear pitch. I was totally tone deaf - legitimately, one hundred percent tone deaf. Nevertheless, I loved music.” HouseBrotherGrewGrew UpPercentHundredMusicalToneMy BrotherNeverthelessBrothers And SistersDeaf Author:Dominic Balli
“The only thing my mum could afford growing up was to be able to look after me and my brother so the only thing that I wanted when I grew up was to be able to look after my mum. So when I could, I bought her a house and then I got her a car as well and I got her a little air freshener to put in her car and on it, it said "life is a journey not a destination."” WellsLooksLittlesSaidAbleWantedLife IsHouseGrowing UpGrowingAirJourneyCarBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherDestinationMumLife Is A JourneySaid Life Author:John Newman
“[My mother] was the oldest of two sisters and two brothers, and she grew up with her brothers, who were about her age. She grew up, to the age of ten, like a wild colt, and then all of a sudden that was over. They had forced on her her 'woman's destiny' by saying, 'This isn't done, this isn't good, this isn't worthy of a lady.'” TwoDoneAgeMotherDestinyBrotherGrewTenGrew UpWorthyTwo BrothersTwo SistersColts Author:Indira Gandhi