Listen, after almost twenty years of call-in radio, I can tell you that the main thrust of too many lives is an… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree:… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
I was reading Raymond Chandler very much with the feminist eye. In six of his seven novels, it's the woman who presents… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky; It… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel and densest drama, literature is asking us to pay attention. Pay attention to… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this… — Maud Hart Lovelace Copy Share Image
This is my favorite part. It starts and ends here. The pebbles shine, the plan worked, Hansel Triumphant. Lesson number one: be… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
Distinguish yourself [...] in an age where girls often make themselves too available to boys, by making him work a little for… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The infant-inconvenience kicked in response, and Conall twitched at the sensation. “Active little pup, isn’t he?” “She,” corrected his wife. “As if… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
For every nineteenth-century middle-class family that protected its wife and child within the family circle, there was an Irish ora German girl… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' for adults exclusively, and it always distressed me when I find that boys and girls… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I've always hate child stars, starting from way back when, when I was a child. The first child star I saw was… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
I was born just after the end of World War II, and with my friends in our little suburban backyards in New… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It strikes me that whatever advantages there are to being a boy--getting to stay out late and having other people wash your… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I was a handsome boy, a very handsome young man, bright blue eyes, mmm. I would make trucks skid off the road.… — Tony Curtis Copy Share Image
I want to drag you off and hide you away,” he whispered. “Why?” “I always knew you were beautiful, but now everyone… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
If someone had to lose weight, I would tell that person to lose weight. Lose some weight, why can't you take care… — Shindong Copy Share Image
My father cared very much about courage, physical courage as well. He despised those who didn't have it. But he never said… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
A long time ago, Trinity and I made a list of types of guys you should never date. We add to it… — Adam Selzer Copy Share Image
Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
As the years have gone on and you start to know your character better than some of the writers and directors do,… — Deborah Ann Woll Copy Share Image
Because of my compact and muscular body composition, my short hair, and my "Johawk," I have been mistaken for a boy on… — Joanna Lohman Copy Share Image
I've always been a city person - London boy - and New York is just incredible. It has what London has but… — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
A collector recently bought at public auction, in London, for one hundred and fifty-seven guineas, an autograph of Shakespeare; but for nothing… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“He gave me a warm smile, and I blinked, realizing he was cute. I'd never really had the luxury of noticing cuteness… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Very slowly he turned his head back to look at Shmuel, who wasn't crying anymore, merely staring at the floor and looking… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I've always thought sleep was a wonderful invention. Not that being awake isn't nice too, of course. But when I get up… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
In my family, we let our boys have a say in what veggie side they want for dinner that night. We list… — Cat Cora Copy Share Image
The lowest standards of ethics of which a right-thinking man can possibly conceive is taught to the common soldier whose trade is… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
For the first movie, they had the girls in one hotel and the boys in another hotel. Then, we found out that… — Elizabeth Reaser Copy Share Image
Imagine a school-boy who has outgrown his clothes. Imagine the repairs made on the vestments where the enlarged frame had burst the… — John Joseph Griffin Copy Share Image
This boy has negative charisma. He walks into a room and the oxygen starts to evaporate. I guess that's why girls sleep… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Really? We are being herded on a bus to drive across town to an all-boy academy where we disembark and join our… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
I was the only kid at Camp Don Bosco who would admit he was an alter boy back home, so I served… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
I was hoping they would put up flyers like they do for lost cats." He said. "Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image