Only Child Quotes
95 Only Child quotes by 88 unique authors
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At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I…
— Andre Leon Talley
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When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.
— Steven Wright
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I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these…
— Alfred de Vigny
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I asked the girl if she could bring a sister for me. She did. Sister Maria Teresa. It was a very slow evening. We discussed…
— Woody Allen
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Lots of kids in books are only-child orphans, but I think it’s fun to have family as part of the adventure, to have familial love…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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We could see the children's toys here and there, and we saw a game that the children had made themselves out of dirt, deer antlers…
— Richard Brautigan
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He'll die first, we both know it, but I don't know... I really don't know how long I'll stay alive without him. That's the part…
— Mira Grant
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Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children.
— Stephen King
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I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn around the tiny alcove, and…
— Ally Carter
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There’s a reason Mia is currently an only child. Family drama takes on a whole new meaning when they’re feuding gods who can’t stand the…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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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
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Only children believe they're capable of everything.
— Paulo Coelho
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They hired us over the Internet, mailed us half the cash and promised the other half after we nailed the vampire." I lowered Grief until…
— Jennifer Rardin
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I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.
— Homer Hickam
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If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you for life; even when you're thirty you refer to yourself as an only child.
— Russell Brand
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Only children believe they're capable of everything. They're trusting and fearless; they believe in their own power and get exactly what they want. When children…
— Paulo Coelho
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I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.
— Astrid Lindgren
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Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn,…
— Henry Latham Doherty
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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings. Like the love of a parent for an…
— Akkineni Nagarjuna
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The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious reason will never happen to itself. All who have passed…
— George Orwell
Who Wrote These Only Child Quotes
88 authors contributed a total of 95 Only Child Quotes, led by these top contributors: