Quotations about:
boys
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For little boys are rancorous
When robbed of any myth,
And spiteful and cantankerous
To all their kin and kith.
But little girls can draw conclusions
And profit from their lost illusions.
Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978) American author, poet
“What Every Woman Knows,”
Times Three (1960)
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On when kids figure out that Santa Claus is not real.
Added on 19-Jul-24 | Last updated 19-Jul-24
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Topics: boys, children, disillusionment, girls, legend, myth, Santa Claus
More quotes by McGinley, Phyllis And perhaps, after all, it is better that the lad should break his neck than that you should break his spirit.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
The Amateur Emigrant (1880)
Added on 7-Feb-17 | Last updated 7-Feb-17
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Topics: boys, childhood, children, danger, freedom, obedience, parent, risk, spirit
More quotes by Stevenson, Robert Louis “When did life get so complicated?” she wondered to Dimity.
“Boys,” said Dimity succinctly.
Gail Carriger (b. 1976) American archaeologist, author [pen name of Tofa Borregaard]
Curtsies & Conspiracies (2013)
Added on 3-Nov-16 | Last updated 3-Nov-16
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Topics: boys, complexity, complication, life, relation, sex
More quotes by Carriger, Gail Little boys may be an intolerable nuisance; but when they are not there we regret them, we find ourselves homesick for their very intolerableness.
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic
Beyond the Mexique Bay (1934)
Added on 13-Jan-16 | Last updated 13-Jan-16
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Topics: absence, boys, child, children, miss, nuisance, presence
More quotes by Huxley, Aldous I am fond of children (except boys).
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) English writer and mathematician [pseud. of Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
Letter to Kathleen Eschwege (24 Oct 1879)
Added on 30-Dec-15 | Last updated 30-Dec-15
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Topics: boys, children
More quotes by Carroll, Lewis The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of remarkable Christian forbearance among men — were it not for a mawkish humanitarianism, coupled with imperfect digestive powers, we should devour our young, as Nature intended.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
San Francisco News-Letter, “Town Crier” column (c. 1870)
Added on 23-Dec-15 | Last updated 11-Apr-23
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Topics: boy, boys, cannibalism, civilization
More quotes by Bierce, Ambrose Girls … were allowed to play in the house … and boys were sent outdoors. … Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh, fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about who was dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dolls, creating complex family groups and learning how to solve problems through negotiation and roleplaying. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess?
Garrison Keillor (b. 1942) American entertainer, author
The Book of Guys (1993)
Added on 15-Jan-15 | Last updated 15-Jan-15
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Topics: acculturation, adult, boys, child rearing, children, gender, girls, maturity, play, sex
More quotes by Keillor, Garrison The difference between men and boys
Is the price of their toys.
Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Simple Truths” (1978)
Added on 12-Sep-12 | Last updated 22-Feb-22
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Topics: adult, boys, children, cost, men, plaything, price, toy, youth
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