Quotes by Only Child My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child. Al Yankovic only-child brother children Children of course are monstrously conventional, repelled at once by whatever is off-center, out of whack, unmanageable. And being an only child I had been coddled a good deal (also scolded). I was awkward, precocious, timid, full of my private rituals and aversions. Alice Munro only-child awkward children I wasn't an only child, but I was the youngest, and no one else in my family played music. Angel Olsen only-child my-family children I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own. Annie Lennox only-child my-own children Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids. Benedict Cumberbatch only-child kids children I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters. Beverly Cleary only-child sister children I was an only child, a very late child, born to parents who were both 39 at the time, which was very late back then. That kind of confirmed my sense of being the center of the universe, which I guess every child feels - children and poets both tend to feel. Billy Collins only-child parent children I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room. David Copperfield only-child parent children I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins. Desi Arnaz only-child cousin children I was an only child. I hung out with my parents. Dhani Harrison only-child parent children My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion. Diane Duane only-child passion children God comes into the very midst of evil and of death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And by judging us, he cleanses and sanctifies us, comes to us with his grace and love. He makes us happy as only children can be happy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer only-child grace children I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment. Elizabeth Hurley only-child dad children An only child is never twelve. Enid Bagnold only-child twelve children Being an only child is a disease in itself. G. Stanley Hall only-child disease children They looked like two children," she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always felt that only children are capable of everything. Gabriel Garcia Marquez only-child two children Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully. Heber J. Grant only-child mother children I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely. Iain Banks only-child lonely children I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse. Joycelyn Elders only-child abuse children I was an only child. And it's very much my temperament. I remember playing with a piece of string in my room for hours. I had never thought about what it would be like to have siblings. Leigh Newman only-child sibling children 123»