Best Only Child Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Don't die, Violet. I'd hate to be an only child.”

Sisters Violet Fourth Wing Violet Sorrengail Rebecca Yarros Only Child Mira Sorrengail Parting Words Dont Die

Source: Fourth Wing

“I can't think I had much of a sense of humor as long as I remained the only child. When my brother Edward came along we both became comics, making each other laugh.”

Humor Brother Laugh Only Child

Book:On Writing

Source: On Writing

“Like Gil, Brian had been raised as an only child by strong women. "It shaped our views of ourselves. We considered ourselves loners, on the outside of society," said Jackson. And the two of them often preferred being alone to being around other people.”

Music Musician Alone Songwriting Introvert Only Child Songwriter Gil Scott Heron Brian Jackson

Book:Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man

Source: Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man

“I stället ställde hon den fråga som flöt under alla de andra frågorna som en djup underjordisk flod. »Var jag önskad?«”

Children Abortion Parenthood Only Child

Book:Little Fires Everywhere

Source: Little Fires Everywhere

“That's the depressing side of being an only child; when your parents die, and you inevitably become an orphan, you own the title in every sense of the word. Meaning now you've got no one to clean up the remnants of a life you no longer share with anyone.”

Parents Orphan Only Child

Book:They Call Her Dirty Sally

Source: They Call Her Dirty Sally

“Parents are funny things. As an only child, I studied them like apes in a zoo—their whims, habits, moods—and believed it was my duty to make them happy, There was no Child Number Two. Everything fell on me.”

Parents Parents And Children Only Child Only Children

Book:Swarm Theory

Source: Swarm Theory

“I haven't met loads of asshole only children. If you fill a room with all the assholes you know, I bet that most of them have siblings.”

Only Child Assholes

Book:I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star

Source: I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star

“...Her upbringing as an only child had given her a low tolerance for bullshit and a high dose of self respect.”

Only Child Only Children

Book:This Is Really Happening

Source: This Is Really Happening

“Her breath caught as a memory hit her like a tidal wave: ten-year-old Jasmine, curled up with a book at her father's feet while he worked through the piles of parchment in the box, full of official correspondence from his ministers and satraps, the governors who ruled neighboring provinces in the sultan's name. "One day, Jasmine azizam, this will be your job too," he had said, peering down at her with a serious expression. "It's the most important work a mortal could ever do: taking care of an entire kingdom and its people. Is that something you can see yourself doing one day? Ruling just like your Baba?" "I only have to do it if you don't have a son." Jasmine had shrugged off the question with all the carefree obliviousness of a child. An inscrutable expression had come over her father then. He opened his mouth to say something and stopped, as if thinking better of it. And then he reached down to squeeze her shoulder. "There will be no son, Jasmine," he had said. "You are the one.”

Only Child Princess Jasmine Memories Of Daddy Sultan Royal Duties

Book:Realm of Wonders

Source: Realm of Wonders

“Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.”

Children Parent Growing Up Growing Only Child Montreal Loving Parents

Author:Rudolph A. Marcus

“I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.”

Children Only Child Youngest Child

Author:Paul Nurse

“Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.”

Children Has Beens Turns Courses Father Opportunity Losing Died Adversity Theme Only Child Father Died My Father Died

Author:Thomas G. Stemberg

“I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.”

Thinking Children Littles Wanted Growing Up Growing Brother Only Child Little Sister Little Brother Single Child

Author:Mae Whitman

“Books are like brothers. I am an only child. Gatsby [is] my imaginary eldest brother.”

Children Book Brother Imaginary Only Child Eldest

Book:The Crack-up

Source: The Crack-up

“I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.”

Should Believe Children Parent Known Only Child

Author:Jane Smiley

“I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. We weren't, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.”

People Children Parent Class Rich Middle New York Television Grew Grew Up Raised Entertainment Middle Class Rich People Only Child

Author:Billy Eichner

“If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.”

Source: Mom Loves Me Best: (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister)

“Intuitively, one would assume if you don't grow up with other children you might not learn that easy give and take. What often happens is that there are some only children who act that way, and that stands out more than the only children who seem to get along with others.”

Ifs Way Giving Children Seems Might Happens Grows Easy Growing Up Assuming Standing Out Only Child Give And Take

Author:Peter Thomas

“I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.”

Thinking Children Parent Sweet Aspect Only Child Sweet Things

Author:Karen Thompson Walker

“I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.”

Children Program Abuse Child Abuse Abstinence Only Child

Author:Joycelyn Elders

“I think being an only child created in me a degree of self-reliance, which I'm glad of. It made me perfectly happy with my own company and perhaps was good conditioning for the protracted solitude of writing books as slowly as I do.”

Thinking Writing Children Made Book Self My Own Company Solitude Degrees Glad Self Reliance Reliance Conditioning Writing A Book Only Child

Author:Alan Hollinghurst

“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.”

“I am my father's only child. The world knows a two-dimensional Cary Grant. As charming a star and as remarkable a gentleman as he was, he was still a more thoughtful and loving father.”

Knows World Children Stills Two Father Stars Gentleman Thoughtful Remarkable Grants Charming Only Child

Book:Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant

Source: Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant

“Gratitude and fear can't stand the sight of each other.”

Fear Gratitude Sight Family Drama Only Child

Author:Robin Sharma

“An only child is never twelve.”

Children Twelve Only Child

Book:Four Plays

Source: Four Plays

“We don't get enough pampering. If we were once the only child of an adoring mother, we developed a taste for it; if not, we developed a thirst for it.”

Ifs Children Enough Mother Comfort Taste Thirst Only Child Pampering

Author:Barbara Holland

“I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real) proves that we are not living in Judaea in 50 AD. . . . Saint Paul would never go near Disneyland. Only children, tourists, and visiting Soviet high officials ever go to Disneyland. Saints do not.”

Knows Children Real Existence Prove Saint Officials Ads Soviet Tourists Visiting Disneyland Only Child Saint Paul

Book:I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

Source: I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

“All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation and desert place to a mother when her only child is absent.”

Heart Kind Children Earth Mother Desert Absent Desolation Only Child Kind Heart

Book:The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)

Source: The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)

“Religion is about God's truth, but none of us can grasp that truth absolutely, because of our own imperfections and limitations. We are only children of God, not God. Therefore, we must not attempt to fit God into little boxes, claiming that He supports this or that political position. This is not only bad theology; it marginalizes God.”

Children Littles Political Religion Support Position Fit Boxes Theology Limitation Imperfection Child Of God Only Child

Book:It Takes a Village

Source: It Takes a Village

“I used to think that what scared me was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, "Only children can be abandoned. Adults can't be abandoned because we have a choice. Children don't have a choice."”

Thinking Children Said Ideas Used Choices Adults Scared Abandoned Only Child

Author:Demi Moore

“As an only child, I never felt insecure and always had total love.”

Children Felt Insecure Only Child

Author:Willard Scott

“My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.”

Knows Children Bigs Together Mother Adults Cousin Hong Kong Only Child Big Families Shanghai

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.”

Children Father Missing Mom My Mom Only Child

Author:Brett Ratner

“I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very wise man and I realised at an early age I could learn a lot from him. He always gave me the right answer. But above all he was a very easy-going guy and all he wanted was to be my best friend. I'm an only child and so he shared everything with me. Of course he was very young to die and I was very young to lose a father. But there was nothing left unsaid between us.”

Men Children I Can Age Wanted Young Guy Dies Courses Father Left Easy Loses Answers Wise Missing My Best Friend Realised Only Child Right Answers Unsaid Very Wise Easy Going

Author:Dhani Harrison

“Im an only child. Mostly raised by my father outside of Saratoga, doing martial arts and snowmobiling. I wore sweaters, jeans and sneakers. I was more interested in four-wheeling in the Catskills than doing my hair and makeup at 7 A.M. before school.”

Children Art School Father Four Hair Raised Makeup Martial Arts Jeans Sweaters Only Child Sneakers Hair And Makeup Wheeling

Author:JWoww

“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”

Children Play Age Today Used Three Games Four Adults Infancy Pastime Only Child Specialization Children Playing

Book:Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life

Source: Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life

“I was also an only child and my father really wanted a son - he's from that generation - it was always about kung-fu theater on Sundays and boxing games on the weekend.”

Children Wanted Father Games Generations Son Theater Boxing Sunday Weekend Only Child Kung Fu

Author:Milla Jovovich

“I'm fascinated by twins. It's such an interesting thing. I'm an only child, so I don't have a sibling. But, if you think about the bond that siblings have, that intensifies so much when you think about being in the womb together.”

Ifs Thinking Children Together Interesting Fascinated Twins Womb Sibling Interesting Things Only Child

Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar

“My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these two favorite children was me. And I am an only child. So I was convinced that I was the center of the universe.”

Children Two Mother Universe Father Parent Results Convinced Only Child Center Of The Universe Favorite Child

Author:Marjane Satrapi

“I am not a villain.I'm an only-child narcissist monster, but I wish no ill, nor do I wish for world domination; what a hassle that would be!”

World Children Would Be Wish Ill Monsters Villain Domination Narcissist Only Child Hassle World Domination

Author:John Hodgman

“I'm boggled by the idea of being an only child. I know nothing at all (I'm happy to say) about having had a cold and withholding mother, about being divorced. The more I've been writing novels, each novel I've written has become successively less grounded in anything approaching autobiography.”

Knows Writing Children Ideas Mother Novel Written Cold Autobiography Grounded Divorced Only Child Withholding

Author:Anna Quindlen

“But that's not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well connected and crooked. And they are creating a society in which they can commit hugely damaging economic crimes with impunity, and in which only children of the wealthy have the opportunity to become successful.”

People Wells Children Book Political Opportunity Politics Successful Economic Crime Creating Connected Commit Wealthy Crooked Impunity Only Child Becoming Successful

Book:Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century

Source: Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century

“I was an only child, eventually.”

Children Humor Funny Only Child

Author:Steven Wright

“I grew up as an only child. I think it might just be that my dad really didn't care that I was a girl. "You're gonna do certain things 'cause I want you to, and that's the way it is."”

Thinking Way Want Children Might Care Certain Girl Causes Grew Dad Grew Up My Dad I Want You Only Child

Author:Mitchell Baker

“Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me - I was the accident - so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I'm a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better.”

Children Littles Able Form Wish Bits Independent Accidents Selfish Sibling Syndromes Only Child

Author:Carrie Underwood

“Oh, yeah. I grew up in Southern California in the 1960′s. It was very different. I was an only child as opposed to having siblings. My brothers all lived with my step-mom. I am very close to them, but we were not raised in the same house.”

Children Different House Steps Brother Grew Mom Grew Up Yeah Raised California My Brother Southern 1960s Sibling Only Child Southern California

Author:David Cassidy

“I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.”

Children Hell Cousin Only Child

Book:A Book

Source: A Book

“I've always been willing to take challenges, I grew up taking challenges: being an only child, having a mother, no father, I've always been one who has always done things the way I thought they should be done and not, and not having to answer to anybody for it and I've always taken my own chances and I've always followed by instincts according, mother would follow, follow wit, instincts, wisdom, whatever, always followed that.”

Way Should Children Done Mother Father Challenges Chance My Own Answers Taken Willing Grew Grew Up Instinct Wit Only Child

Author:Teddy Pendergrass

“Blood doesn't make you family. Hell, an only child can bleed. It's the sharing of pain that makes you family. 'Cause, you can't really love a brother or sister until you know that they're as scarred and broken as you are. And, hey, if you grow up with a father like mine and you aren't at least a little scarred and broken, well then, that's not your father. You were spawned by an entirely different guy.”

Ifs Knows Wells Children Littles Different Pain Guy Father Grows Causes Hell Growing Up Blood Mines Brother Broken Hey Only Child Different Guys

Author:Christopher Titus

“You can't have an honest fourth grade school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Johnny, your son, your only child, the fruit of your loin, is a moron. I have no idea how this kid finds a door to get out of the house in the morning. If I were you, I would waste him and start over. Now, I say that with all due respect.”

Ifs Children Ideas Kids School House Morning Teacher Doors Honest Son Waste Fruit Dues No Idea Grades Fourth Starting Over Moron Only Child Your Son School Teachers Grades In School Fourth Grade

Author:Dom Irrera

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