--- title: "11 Lonely child Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Lonely child quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Lonely child sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/deborah-moggach-9536_children_i-was-never-a-lonely-child-who-sat-looki_805540.jpg" --- > [I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/i-was-never-a-lonely-child-who-sat-looking-at-the-rain-sliding-down/) [Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/deborah-moggach-9536_children_i-was-never-a-lonely-child-who-sat-looki_805540.jpg) > [I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-rigg/i-never-get-lonely-even-as-a-child-i-didn-t/) [Diana Rigg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-rigg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/diana-rigg-4955_child_i-never-get-lonely-even-as-a-child-i-did_2324822.jpg) > [I wasn't lonely as a child. I was the eldest of four and always had lots of people around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-dahl/i-wasn-t-lonely-as-a-child-i-was-the-eldest-of-four-and-always-had/) [Sophie Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/sophie-dahl-5236_always_i-wasn-t-lonely-as-a-child-i-was-the-eld_279770.png) > [Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/lonely-children-often-have-imaginary-playmates-but-i-was-never-lonely/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/gore-vidal-466_book_lonely-children-often-have-imaginary-pla_1854545.jpg) > [I was a lonely child. My brother Tony and I were never very close, neither as children nor as adults, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjelica-huston/i-was-a-lonely-child-my-brother-tony-and-i-were-never-very-close/) [Anjelica Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjelica-huston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/anjelica-huston-8543_alone_i-was-a-lonely-child-my-brother-tony-and_34642.jpg) > [Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/of-all-the-needs-there-are-none-imaginary-a-lonely-child-has-the-one-2/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/maya-angelou-104_children_of-all-the-needs-there-are-none-imaginar_2887467.png) > [Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/of-all-the-needs-there-are-none-imaginary-a-lonely-child-has-the-one/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/maya-angelou-104_black_of-all-the-needs-there-are-none-imaginar_1840352.png) > [Writing has always allowed me to escape. I was a very lonely child. Because I was very socially awkward, I would always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/writing-has-always-allowed-me-to-escape-i-was-a-very-lonely-child/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/roxane-gay-520_active_writing-has-always-allowed-me-to-escape_368094.png) > [“I was an only, and often lonely, child. After they’d had me, my parents, who’d met back in Pakistan when they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-was-an-only-and-often-lonely-child-after-they-d-had-me-my-parents/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/khaled-hosseini-251_brotherhood_i-was-an-only-and-often-lonely-child-aft_2975147.jpg) > [True majorities, in a TV-dominated and anti-intellectual age, may need sound bites and flashing lights and I am not against supplying such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/true-majorities-in-a-tv-dominated-and-anti-intellectual-age-may-need/) [Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/stephen-jay-gould-885_age_true-majorities-in-a-tv-dominated-and-an_729797.jpg) > [I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/i-had-the-lonely-child-s-habit-of-making-up-stories-and-holding/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/george-orwell-57_ambition_i-had-the-lonely-child-s-habit-of-making_1142179.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lonely-child/#itemlist", "name": "Lonely child Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deborah Moggach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/i-was-never-a-lonely-child-who-sat-looking-at-the-rain-sliding-down/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/deborah-moggach-9536_children_i-was-never-a-lonely-child-who-sat-looki_805540.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/deborah-moggach-9536_children_i-was-never-a-lonely-child-who-sat-looki_805540.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/deborah-moggach-9536_children_i-was-never-a-lonely-child-who-sat-looki_805540.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window,” — Deborah Moggach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diana Rigg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-rigg/i-never-get-lonely-even-as-a-child-i-didn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/diana-rigg-4955_child_i-never-get-lonely-even-as-a-child-i-did_2324822.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/diana-rigg-4955_child_i-never-get-lonely-even-as-a-child-i-did_2324822.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/diana-rigg-4955_child_i-never-get-lonely-even-as-a-child-i-did_2324822.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't.” — Diana Rigg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wasn't lonely as a child. 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