Becoming a man Quote by Alice Hoffman

“If he could only prevent himself growing up! He did not want to be a man.”

— Thomas Hardy

“Boys are marvellous creatures. Perhaps they will sink below the brutes; perhaps they will attain to a woman’s tenderness.”

— E.M. Forster

“All these years you have made a boy of him. But with me, he shall be a man”

— Mary Renault

“You don’t tell a boy that he is a boy. You simply act like a man.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You are a child seeking to be a man. When you are a man, you will seek in vain for the child you were.”

— Frank Herbert

“ Boys grow up to be men . And it’s men who cause all the trouble. They’re the ones who shed the blood and…

— Stephen King

“The curse of men can't make me defiled. I defile myself if I curse men by intention.”

— Toba Beta

“Human males are fascinating creatures. No matter how old they get, the little boy never goes away. ”

— Barbara Bretton

“I was a smart-ass, born and raised. This had been my curse and would continue to be so.”

— David Sedaris

“I’d sworn off men, or really boys, because those were the only type of males I tended to attract.”

— Alyssa Rose Ivy

“We had a spell that made her become a boy and made me become a girl.”

— Glenn Haybittle

“If you see yourself as a man, no one will dare to see you as a kid.”

— M.F. Moonzajer