--- title: "1 Child Hated Quotes By Patricia Lockwood" description: "1 Child Hated quotes by Patricia Lockwood. Plus more from Patricia Lockwood and more Child Hated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/patricia-lockwood-20254_character_when-i-was-a-child-i-always-hated-being_1858547.jpg" --- > [“When I was a child, I always hated being used in my father's sermons, shrunk to a symbol to illustrate some larger lesson, flattened out to give other people comfort or instruction or even a laugh. It did some violence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/when-i-was-a-child-i-always-hated-being-used-in-my-father-s-sermons/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/patricia-lockwood-20254_character_when-i-was-a-child-i-always-hated-being_1858547.jpg) ## More by Patricia Lockwood > [“The desire to describe voice, gesture, skin color, is a desire to eat, take over, make into part of the pattern. I am happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/the-desire-to-describe-voice-gesture-skin-color-is-a-desire-to-eat/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“And for you, I think, a religious life,' she said, a calm certainty all over her crisscrossed face. She didn't even bother with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/and-for-you-i-think-a-religious-life-she-said-a-calm-certainty-all/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“Above all else, he loves trilogies. There has never been a trilogy he didn't like, and if you don't understand why, I have three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/above-all-else-he-loves-trilogies-there-has-never-been-a-trilogy-he/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“I'm not interested in heaven unless my anger gets to go there too. I'm not interested in a happy eternity unless I get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/i-m-not-interested-in-heaven-unless-my-anger-gets-to-go-there-too-i-m/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“Part of what you have to figure out in this life is, Who would I be if I hadn’t been frightened? What hurt me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/part-of-what-you-have-to-figure-out-in-this-life-is-who-would-i-be-if/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [Here's what I think: the best author photo ever taken is the author photo of you holding your extra-large engulfing rabbit and looking straight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/here-s-what-i-think-the-best-author-photo-ever-taken-is-the-author/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“The question for someone who was raised in a closed circle and then leaves it, is what is the us, and what is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/the-question-for-someone-who-was-raised-in-a-closed-circle-and-then/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [The only thing that dictates whether I respond to someone is whether I have something interesting to say in return. I respond to people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/the-only-thing-that-dictates-whether-i-respond-to-someone-is-whether/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“He clenched his small fist, bellowed his rage to the heavens, and resolved to never again recognize the authority of any man on earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/he-clenched-his-small-fist-bellowed-his-rage-to-the-heavens-and/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“As they perform this ritual, I almost have to turn away, thinking again what a boomeranging, out-of-body experience it is to watch a religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/as-they-perform-this-ritual-i-almost-have-to-turn-away-thinking-again/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“and we lived in Stuart, Florida, which made the dubious claim of being the Sailfish Capital of the World.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/and-we-lived-in-stuart-florida-which-made-the-dubious-claim-of-being/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“love is the only argument you can win by saying yes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/love-is-the-only-argument-you-can-win-by-saying-yes/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [First tweet, best tweet, I always think. I try not to work them too much or else they get Pie Dough Disease, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/first-tweet-best-tweet-i-always-think-i-try-not-to-work-them-too-much/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“My father despises cats. He believes them to be Democrats.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/my-father-despises-cats-he-believes-them-to-be-democrats/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) > [“When I was a child, I always hated being used in my father's sermons, shrunk to a symbol to illustrate some larger lesson, flattened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lockwood/when-i-was-a-child-i-always-hated-being-used-in-my-father-s-sermons/) [Patricia Lockwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lockwood/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child-hated/patricia-lockwood/#itemlist", "name": "1 Child Hated Quotes By Patricia Lockwood", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When I was a child, I always hated being used in my father's sermons, shrunk to a symbol to illustrate some larger lesson, flattened out to give other people comfort or instruction or even a laugh. 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