--- title: "10 Thought Boy Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Thought Boy quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Thought Boy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/kathryn-james-52601_annoying-people_who-are-you-he-thought-about-that-i-m-a_125283.jpg" --- > [ “\[...\] Who are you?" He thought about that. "I'm a boy who doesn't exist," he said, eventually.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-james/who-are-you-he-thought-about-that-i-m-a-boy-who-doesn-t-exist-he-said/) [Kathryn James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/kathryn-james-52601_annoying-people_who-are-you-he-thought-about-that-i-m-a_125283.jpg) > [The thought of being a boy makes me cringe. I just couldn't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-maines/the-thought-of-being-a-boy-makes-me-cringe-i-just-couldn-t-do-it/) [Nicole Maines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-maines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/nicole-maines-12524_being_the-thought-of-being-a-boy-makes-me-crin_2383479.jpg) > [For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-dushku/for-the-longest-time-i-thought-i-was-a-boy-i-really-did-i-wore-boys/) [Eliza Dushku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-dushku/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/eliza-dushku-11552_boys_for-the-longest-time-i-thought-i-was-a-b_196958.jpg) > [I can still see my first dog. For six years he met me at the same place after school and convoyed me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white/i-can-still-see-my-first-dog-for-six-years-he-met-me-at-the-same/) [E. B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/e-b-white-1448_after-school_i-can-still-see-my-first-dog-for-six-yea_3188158.png) > [“She thought of the boy's features as an exquisite distillation out of random patterns-endless queues of happenstance meeting at this nexus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/she-thought-of-the-boy-s-features-as-an-exquisite-distillation-out-of/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/frank-herbert-262_probability_she-thought-of-the-boy-s-features-as-an_166805.jpg) > [I think once I was in high school - I had boyfriends and stuff like that, but I think when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-peet/i-think-once-i-was-in-high-school-i-had-boyfriends-and-stuff-like/) [Amanda Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-peet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/amanda-peet-12108_boys_i-think-once-i-was-in-high-school-i-had_1835803.jpg) > [“You’ll have her in half an hour.” He did. And if he thought about the boy in the next room as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alessandra-hazard/you-ll-have-her-in-half-an-hour-he-did-and-if-he-thought-about-the/) [Alessandra Hazard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alessandra-hazard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/alessandra-hazard-7045_quote_you-ll-have-her-in-half-an-hour-he-did-a_1302531.jpg) > [“You thought, as a boy, that a mage is one who can do anything. So I thought, once. So did we all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/you-thought-as-a-boy-that-a-mage-is-one-who-can-do-anything-so-i/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/ursula-k-le-guin-138_power_you-thought-as-a-boy-that-a-mage-is-one_2935039.jpg) > [I think I really thought I was a boy until I was ten years old because my parents divorced when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-dushku/i-think-i-really-thought-i-was-a-boy-until-i-was-ten-years-old/) [Eliza Dushku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-dushku/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/eliza-dushku-11552_almost_i-think-i-really-thought-i-was-a-boy-unt_525379.jpg) > [“Remember, Thursday, that scientific thought -- indeed, any mode of thought, whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else -- is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-fforde/remember-thursday-that-scientific-thought-indeed-any-mode-of-thought/) [Jasper Fforde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-fforde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/jasper-fforde-797_einstein_remember-thursday-that-scientific-though_420312.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-boy/#itemlist", "name": "Thought Boy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[...] Who are you?\" He thought about that. \"I'm a boy who doesn't exist,\" he said, eventually.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kathryn James" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-james/who-are-you-he-thought-about-that-i-m-a-boy-who-doesn-t-exist-he-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/kathryn-james-52601_annoying-people_who-are-you-he-thought-about-that-i-m-a_125283.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/kathryn-james-52601_annoying-people_who-are-you-he-thought-about-that-i-m-a_125283.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/kathryn-james-52601_annoying-people_who-are-you-he-thought-about-that-i-m-a_125283.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[...] Who are you?\" He thought about that. \"I'm a boy who doesn't exist,\" he said, eventually.” — Kathryn James", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The thought of being a boy makes me cringe. 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It's a little like a boy band.\" \"Scientific thought a boy band? How do you figure that?\" \"Well, every now and then a boy band comes along. We like it, buy the records, posters, parade them on TV, idolise them right up until --\" ... \"-- the next boy band?\" I suggested. \"Precisely. Aristotle was a boy band. A very good one but only number six or seven. He was the best boy band until Isaac Newton, but even Newton was transplanted by an even newer boy band. Same haircuts -- but different moves.\" \"Einstein, right?\" \"Right. Do you see what I'm saying?\" \"I think so.\" \"Good. So try and think of maybe thirty or forty boy bands past Einstein. To where we would regard Einstein as someone who glimpsed a truth, played one good chord on seven forgettable albums.\" \"Where is this going, Dad?\" \"I'm nearly there. Imagine a boy band so good that you never needed another boy band ever again. 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