Billy Collins Quotes

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

I grew up as an only child, so inherently, most of my life was centered around me. My parents taught me to play well with others and to share my toys, but I was still an only child who didn't have to share my parent's attention with siblings. As great as my childhood was, I always wanted brothers and sisters.

My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my oldest brother was 18. And my youngest brother was 11. By the time I was 7 or 8, everyone had moved out. I went from being with ten people all the time to being an only child. It really freaked me out.

I've been the oldest child since before you were born

I was an only child, eventually.

I wasn't an only child, but I was the youngest, and no one else in my family played music.

I'm an only child. My mum and dad are six in each family. They're both twins, and they only wanted one. I always say to them though that they're lucky - it could have all gone wrong.

It must be weird having one child.

An only child is never twelve.

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by 'survival of the fittest.'

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.

Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

I never shared a room growing up because I was the only girl.

I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.

I am the oldest of 4 kids.

As an only child, I never felt insecure and always had total love.

I'm the third of five children.

My parents got divorced when I was 2, so I have this weird thing where I have 8 brothers and sisters, but I am also an only child.

I was the eldest child, so I know how it feels to have attention shared with a sibling.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

I happened to the be the fifth child of my family, so everybody was already grown and had left home already.

I have two younger sisters who are 11 years younger than me. So I was an only child for a while.

I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.

I'm the youngest of seven kids.