Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.

I was in, like, nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times when I was younger.

I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school. So I was always moving, I'm still always moving.

My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school.

When I was little, we moved around a lot, actually. In second grade, I think I went to three different schools. We were in Nevada and Oregon and as well as a few different places in Nebraska. I did go to high school in the same town.

I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I moved to Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, all through the South. But my family's roots were from central Florida, like Daytona Beach area, so we ended up moving there.

It was the rootlessness that went with being the son of an RAF officer that shaped me. I had been to 11 schools by the time I was 9.

I lived just outside of L.A. for a long time. My dad was in the military, so I moved a lot.

We moved around a ton when I was a kid. I think we lived in 9 different houses before I was 15 - we moved from the city back to the suburbs; different suburbs, different houses, all over the place.

Even before I was in New York, I couldn't even count how many places I lived in L.A. Definitely over 10.

My dad was in the service, so I went to 12 schools in 13 years.

I was born in Chicago. I moved to Detroit until I was six and moved to Oakland at that point. And then we had a couple years in Stockton and Pasadena. And by the time I was 13, I was back in Oakland.

I was born on Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento, but we moved around a lot.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

Oh, my family lived in 21 places before I was 17.

We moved around a lot when I was kid. I'd lived in three continents before I was 12.

I'm an army brat - so I grew up traveling every two to four years.

We lived in 14 different houses until I was 8, renting here and there.

By the time I was seven, my mother and I had moved 13 times.

We moved 23 times before I was out of high school!

My family actually moved a lot growing up. I really only lived in one place every five or six years, and then we'd move again. That was just for my dad's work.

When I was a child, the thing I wanted more than anything was to grow up and live in one house. Since my dad was in the Navy, that wasn't possible. Instead, I lived in a different home every couple of years.

I'm never anywhere for more than three weeks.

I grew up in a Navy family, and like most service families, we traveled a lot and moved a lot. I grew up on both coasts and in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in Rockville, Maryland, and have had a great time doing it.