Wally Lamb Quotes

The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them.

I had an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother, and though I look back fondly on my childhood, I think that when you've got four siblings sharing the same resources and a single kids' bathroom, it's going to get a little tense at times.

I grew up in a family of nine kids.

My sister and I fought a lot when we were kids. I was the little bratty sister, and she would kind of walk away, not wanting to be associated with me.

I'm from a big family; I have four younger siblings. My parents are still happily married together. I grew up moving around a lot, and my family was certainly not affluent.

I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.

I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

I grew up in the country in the rural South, and I have a brother a year older than me and a sister a year younger.

I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.

I had grown up with four sisters.

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.

I grew up as the youngest child in a big, noisy family, and there was always someone around to hang out with.

Being 1 of 6 made me a weirdo in school. We were like the von Trapps, and our house was like the 'Hunger Games.' Anytime my mom would get a good, sugary cereal, I'd hide a bag from my three older brothers, who'd eat everything.

I always wanted siblings.

I always wanted to have younger sisters growing up.

I grew up with my mom, and my mom had six kids, and I was the youngest, but I had a different father than my brothers and sisters, and I only met him when I was ten years old. Then he introduced me to his other children.

I remember going to friends' houses and being fascinated when they got into fights with their siblings.

I lived a block and a half away from four cousins, and I had three siblings. The Jaeger home was a big, messy, happy family.

In 1965, I was 11 and in my last year at Junior school. I was living with my mum and older sister in a rented flat in south London - my parents had separated when I was five and got divorced a couple of years later, which was unusual at the time. My dad was working abroad, and I hadn't seen him for several years.

I've eight brothers and sisters - five girls, four boys. I am the seventh.

I'm the eldest of four children: a brother next after me and then two sisters.

I had three brothers: one older, two younger.

I am one of four, so I have two sisters and a brother, and I'm the youngest.

I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters.

For my brother and I, Maureen was a key figure in our life. When we were little, we were probably closer to our nanny than to our parents.