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title: "2 Gum Quotes By Alan Beck"
description: "2 Gum quotes by Alan Beck. Plus more from Alan Beck and more Gum sayings from other authors."
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> [Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/boys-are-found-everywhere-on-top-of-underneath-inside-of-climbing-on-2/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/alan-beck-50261_adults_boys-are-found-everywhere-on-top-of-unde_1156881.jpg)

> [Between the innocence of boyhood and the dignity of manhood, we find a delightful creature called a boy…A boy is truth with dirt on its face, beauty with a cut on its finger, wisdom with bubble gum in its hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/between-the-innocence-of-boyhood-and-the-dignity-of-manhood-we-find-a/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/alan-beck-50261_boyhood_between-the-innocence-of-boyhood-and-the_1557374.jpg)

## Other authors on Gum

## More by Alan Beck

> [Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angelshine about them, and though it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/little-girls-are-the-nicest-things-that-happen-to-people-they-are-2/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

> [“Boys are found everywhere- on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/boys-are-found-everywhere-on-top-of-underneath-inside-of-climbing-on/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

> [Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/boys-are-found-everywhere-on-top-of-underneath-inside-of-climbing-on-2/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

> [“Little girls are the nicest things that can happen to people. They are born with a bit of angel-shine about them, and though it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/little-girls-are-the-nicest-things-that-can-happen-to-people-they-are/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

> [Between the innocence of boyhood and the dignity of manhood, we find a delightful creature called a boy…A boy is truth with dirt on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/between-the-innocence-of-boyhood-and-the-dignity-of-manhood-we-find-a/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

> [A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my wedded husband,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/a-girl-becomes-a-wife-with-her-eyes-wide-open-she-knows-that-those/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

> [What is a husband? He is the one who, with a touch, can bring back the starlight and glow of years long ago. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-beck/what-is-a-husband-he-is-the-one-who-with-a-touch-can-bring-back-the/)

[Alan Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-beck/)

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