When I was born I brought no joy, my father said he wanted…

Do not walk in the path of human reason, and resist the pressures that would project you into conjectures about the future. Live one…

— Frances J Roberts

“As for the history of Father John’s years of imprisonment, what always struck me most about his story was the way in which he…

— Tikhon Shevkunov

I was born and brought up in Chandigarh.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

I wanted to be a boy when I was young because boys got to do all the good stuff. So I became very aggressive…

— Amy Madigan

“So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood about I felt.”

— Sarah Dessen

My father wanted a boy badly and didn't get one, so I was happy to be the surrogate boy. I was very strong, always…

— Cornelia Parker

I always wanted to be in a boy band since I was a kid.

— Olly Murs

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues.

— Jane Lynch

So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood how I felt. Now, though, I sometimes wished for more.

— Sarah Dessen

“The Marquis had known whom he had wanted not to be, when he was a boy. He had definitely not wanted to be like…

— Neil Gaiman

When I was younger, yes, there was a part of me - and I wrote about that bit in Among the White Moon Faces…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Dad always wanted me to be a boy.

— Joey Heatherton

My mother always wanted a boy. My father never did.

— Joe Penny

I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.

— Gabrielle Zevin

“She now saw that she wanted a boy to do more than follow her in blind devotion. She wanted a boy to challenge her,…

— Anna Godbersen