Adopted Quote by Dan Chaon

I grew up in a one-parent family. I worked my way through college, I had very average grades and I was very average looking,…

— Georgette Mosbacher

I had a very turbulent and painful childhood, like many people. I left for college when I was 16 years old and up until…

— Sharon Salzberg

I lived a normal life for a number of years. I had kids. I lived up on a farm in Gloucestershire in rural England,…

— Anonymous

When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was, and that my real…

— Gloria Steinem

I was born in Vancouver, moved to Los Angeles and when my parents split up, gradually moved back up the west coast. I was…

— Joshua Jackson

I grew up in a normal family. I have sweet parents, who are still married... But my life is so different from how I…

— Gwen Stefani

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

— Zachery Ty Bryan

I had a happy childhood in a nice suburban area, pretty idyllic, upper middle class and very, very white. My dad is an attorney.…

— Anthony Jeselnik

Growing up, my family was like an unofficial foster home. My dad was a judge and my mom was a director of a women…

— Jen Lilley

My home life, growing up, was like tumbling inside a washing machine as I shuttled around the middle of Kentucky with my mother. She…

— Dakota Meyer

A lot of what my parents went through, their history, lives in my body. I'm just a witness to what my father and mother's…

— Paul Raci

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.

— Bianca Jagger